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Kathleen
Clark, 78
Karlstad
- Kathleen Clark, 78, died Tuesday, April 30,
2002 at Immanuel St. Joseph's Hospital in
Mankato.
Funeral
services were held at 10 
a.m.
on Friday, May 3, at First Lutheran Church in
Karlstad with Rev. Gary Halverson officiating.
Kirstin Olson was the organist, and Josh Roots
presented a piano prelude. Casketbearers were Ken
Loveness, Jim Wollin, Floyd Kuznia, Loren
Germundson, Wayne Ruud, and Robin Swanson.
Interment took place on Sunday, May 5, at 3 p.m. in
Dundee Lutheran Cemetery in Dundee, Minn. Collins
Funeral Home of Karlstad was in charge of the
arrangements.
Kathleen
Jane Nelson was born on August 23, 1923 in Huron,
S.D., the daughter of Pearly and Fern (Schmidt)
Nelson. She was baptized and confirmed in the
Lutheran faith at Dundee and graduated from Tracy
High School in 1941. She attended Tracy Junior
College in 1942 and Augustana College in Sioux
Falls, S.D. in 1943. While attending college, she
joined the Cadet Nurses Corps. In 1945, Kathleen
graduated from Sioux Falls Valley Hospital with a
registered nursing degree.
On
March 3, 1947, she was united in marriage to Stan
Clark at the Little Brown Church in the Valley in
Iowa. The couple lived and farmed at rural Fulda
until 1971 when they moved to Karlstad. Kathleen
taught the voca-tional/occupational health class at
Karlstad High School for 10 years. She was also
employed as a nurse at the Karlstad Nursing Home
until her retirement. After Stan's death on
November 5, 1991, Kathleen continued to make her
home in Karlstad.
She
was very involved in the community as a volunteer
and was an active member of Moose Country Garden
Club. She was also a member of First Lutheran
Church, serving on the church council and as a
member of the women's group.
Kathleen
is survived by three sons, James (Bev) of Mankato,
Bruce (Karen) of Watertown, S.D., and Dan (Michele)
of Reno, Nev.; a daughter, Jane (Russ) Roots of
Tracy; two sisters, Bev Holland of Garvin and
Carmen Murphy of Bozeman, Mont.; and several
nieces, nephews, and other relatives.
In
addition to her husband, she was preceded in death
by her parents. A00003B2002MY08
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