OVERBROOK, Kan. – Lavern Clark, 82, passed away on Thursday, May 21, 2020, at the Brookside Retirement Community, Overbrook, Kan. She was born Aug. 15, 1937, in Trafford, Ala., the daughter of Oscar and Lena Mae Holloway Crawford.
Lavern grew up in Alabama and had lived in Lakeland, Fla., Williamsburg, Mo., and Lyndon, Kan.
Lavern was a homemaker, seamstress, and had worked as a cook for the Osage County Jail for nearly 10 years. She was a member of TOPS, and she enjoyed working in her vegetable and flower gardens.
On Feb. 14, 1966, Lavern was married to Phillip Clark in Valdosta, Ga.
Lavern was preceded in death by her parents, Oscar and Lena; son, Eddie Drew; and sister, Verla Mae Miller.
Lavern is survived by her husband, Phillip; her four children, Shelia Pate, of Florida, Saxby “Rick” Mickler, Scranton, Kan., Deronda Cain, Tebbetts, Mo., and Verita Stumpe, St. Peters, Mo.; and four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be 12 p.m. Saturday, April 17, at Feltner Funeral Chapel, Lyndon. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. until service time at the chapel.
Memorial contributions can be made payable to the American Heart Association, sent in care of Feltner Funeral Home, 818 Topeka Ave., Lyndon, KS 66451. Condolences can be left at feltnerfuneralhome.com.
