Joy D. Clark

Joy D. Clark, age 97, of Hutchinson, Kansas, formerly, of Miller died September 21, 2010 at the in Hutchinson.Funeral services will be Saturday, September 25, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. at the Miller Christian Church with Pastor Keith Dellenbach officiating.Burial will be at the Armada Cemetery.Visitation will be Friday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral Home in Kearney and one hour prior to the service on Saturday at the church.Memorials are suggested for Liberty Lyon medical expenses.A condolence, tribute or memory can be left at www.hlmkfuneral.com.Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral Home in Kearney are in charge of arrangements. Joy was born April 29, 1913 in Miller to George F. and Daisy (Wells) Day.They were early pioneers of Buffalo County.The Day family lived north of Miller near Grandview School.Joy was the ninth child of a family of ten children.She attended Grandview Grade School and graduated from Miller High School in 1932.After high school, she worked at the Miller Telephone Central Office.She married Merle Clark on March 7, 1936 in Kearney.They lived on several rented farms getting their start in those depression years.In 1943, they bought the Jack Clark farm south of Miller and lived there raising livestock and farming until 1970.On retirement they moved to Kearney and lived there until 2006.After Merle?s death in 1993, Joy continued to live in Kearney until she had a stroke and could no longer live alone.Joy spent the last four years of her life as a resident of Mennonite Manor in South Hutchinson, Kansas to be near her daughter, Linda.She was member of the Miller Christian Church since 1946.After they moved to Kearney they attended Countryside Christian Church for many years.Merle and Joy were also members of Miller Senior Citizens.She will be greatly missed by her children, grandchildren, and other relatives and friends.She lived a long full life of 97 years, 4 months, and 23 days. Surviving Relatives: Daughters: Barbara and Dean Holliday of Bois D?Arc, MO Linda and Keith Dellenbach of Abbyville, KS Son Lamont and Rose Clark of Willard, MO Grandchildren Cherie Holliday Snavely of Republic, MO Bradley Holliday of Claremore, OK Charity Dellenbach Lyon of Cherokee, OK Josh Dellenbach of Abbyville, KS Daniel Clark of Willard, MO Josh Clark of Willard, MO Great Grandchildren Luke Holliday of Mt. Vernon, MO Lake Lyon of Cherokee, OK Liberty Lyon of Cherokee, OK Maylee Dellenbach of Abbyville, KS Joy was preceded in death by her husband, 4 brothers, Carl, Glen, Noel and Kenneth, 5 sisters, Inez Bentley, Avis Pierce, Martha Wuehler, Elva Whitmore, and Evelyn McCarthy. PDF Printable Version

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Joy D. Clark

April 29, 1913 - September 21, 2010