RUTH DEAN - NEW PIX

A new picture of Kenneth and Ruth Myrtle Dean has been added to the post about Ruth.  Click on her name on the topics on the left side of the blog, and you will move to that post.  The new picture is at the bottom of the post.  It was submitted Douglas Bingham.  CJC

CLARK, TERRELL LEON

                              Terrell Leon Clark in 1827.

Ruth Johnson, Terrel Leon, and Denzle James Clark  1927.

             Terrell Leon and Arlene Clark - about 1931-2

                    Terrell Leon Clark  (Could this be a graduation picture?)

Terrell Leon Clark (about 1963?)

The following is taken from “Find A Grave” Website. http://www.findagrave.com/
This information was submitted by Terrell's half sister.


TERRELL LEON CLARK

Birth: Jun. 4, 1927

Bingham County

Idaho, USA

Death: Mar. 2, 1964

Salt Lake City

Salt Lake County

Utah, USA
Terrell Leon Clark was born to Denzle James Clark and Ruth Myrtle Johnson Clark, June 4th 1927, in Jameston (Rural), Bingham, Idaho. He was joined by his sister Arlene January 29, 1929, in Shelley, Idaho. His parents divorced when the children were young. He spent his childhood in the Shelley-Idaho Falls area and especially loved being with his grandparents, Carl Oscar Johnson and Gerda Theresia Hanson Johnson. His Mother moved to Miles City, Montana, when he was 11 years old and later moved to Denver, Colorado where he lived until entering the Merchant Marine Corp at the age of 17.

He married LaRue Robinson September 6, 1949, at Ucon, Bonneville, Idaho. The couple became the parents of six children, Ronald, Marina, Myron, Karen, Jana and Coleen.

He was a numismatist and service station owner; former employee of Standard Oil Co., former apartment house owner; manager of C.M. Coin Co., Merchant Marine during World War II, A Seventy in Bountiful 21st LDS Ward, former Sunday School Superintendent in Winnemucca, Nevada. He was a Bountiful, Utah resident for eight years. He was a sportsman who enjoyed boating, hunting, fishing and baseball.

He owned and operated several different service stations in the areas of Pocatello, Idaho Falls, Ogden, Winemucca, Nevada, Salt Lake City and West Yellowstone, Montana.

Terry was a hard worker throughout his short life. He died suddenly March 12 1964 at the age of 37 years of a heart attack at his service station in Salt Lake City, Utah. He and the family lived in Bountiful, Utah at that time.

In addition to his wife and children, he is also survived by his father Denzle Clark, a sister Arlene Wochner, and the following half brothers and sisters: Gary, Sharon, Phyllis, Daralee, and Garth. Also surviving is his stepfather Kenneth Dean.

Funeral services were held In Bountiful, Utah and original burial was in the Shelley Cemetery.

IN 2010 TERRELL'S GRAVE WAS MOVED FROM HILLCREST CEMETERY IN SHELLEY, BINGHAM, IDAHO, TO FIR RIDGE CEMETERY ABOUT TEN MILES NORTH OF WEST YELLOWSTONE,GALLATIN, MONTANA, TO A FAMILY PLOT

Family links:

Parents:
Denzle James Clark (1905 - 1988)
Ruth Dean (1910 - 1956)

Burial:
Fir Ridge Cemetery
West Yellowstone
Gallatin County
Montana, USA

Created by: Sharon Butikofer
Record added: Jun 02, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 53156908

                                          Picture of Cemetery where Terrell Clark is now burried.

RUTH MYRTLE JOHNSON DEAN

                                                              LIFE SKETCH

of

Ruth Myrtle Johnson Dean
Written by LaRue Clark, a daughter-in-law, March 10, 2003.

 Posted by Carolyn J. Christensen.  Most of the pictures, and the life sketch were obtained from LaRue Clark, Ruth's Daughter-in-law.

Ruth Myrtle Johnson, born 12 Aug 1910, died 23 January 1956, probably of heart disease. She was preceded in death by her half sister, Ebba, and Else and Edith, her sisters and her father, Carl. She was born at Shelley, Idaho to Carl Oscar and Gerda Hansen Johnson. Carl’s first wife died leaving Willard and Ebba. Her Parents added Gerda, Alan, Elsa, Edwin and Edith (twins), Ruth, Wallace, Walter, Berniece and Maurice. She attended Shelley schools.

In 1926 Ruth married Denzle Clark. They had two children, Terrell and Arlene. They divorced. Later she was married to a Mr. Sargeant and divorced. She found work at Montgomery Ward in Miles City, Montana. She excelled in sales and was a buyer for the different companies she worked for thru the years.

Later she met and married Kenneth Dean on 19 July 1937 in Bozeman Montana. They lived and worked in several states, Montana, Colorado, California, Utah, and Idaho. They purchased older homes, upgraded them and sold them for a profit along with working full time. Ken was a ‘jack of all trades handy man’. Ruth was an exceptional ‘home decorator’.

While living in Idaho Falls she worked for C.C. Andersen. When she became ill, she still did the company books. She was an honest woman with many abilities and fine qualities. She would not touch alcohol of any kind because of the harm done in her two first marriages. She was a very clean woman about her person and home. She worked hard all her life to provide for her two children and make a home for them. The Johnson Family had a deep love for one another. They each cherished their mother, Gerda. Ruth had nine grandchildren.

RUTH'S CHILDREN

Terrel and Arlene Clark

                          

MORE PICTURES OF RUTH

 

KENNETH DEATH AND RUTH

                                                    

Keneth and Ruth Myrtle Johnson Dean