Martha J. Clark was born August 27, 1917 in Dumfermlin, Illinois. She was the daughter of Desire A. and Elma Depris Duquenne. She married Nathaniel J. Clark on November 20, 1937 in Moline, Illinois. She was a homemaker. The Clark family moved to Republic, Missouri from Mountain Home, Arkansas in 1998. Martha J. Clark passed away at Christian Health Care on September 4, 2005, at the age of 88 years and 7 days. Survivors: Husband of 68 years, Nathaniel J. Clark; two sons, Nathaniel J. Clark Jr. of Springfield, Missouri and Alanson D. Clark of East Moline, Illinois; daughter, Coleen A. Lovested of Rock Island, Illinois and grandson, Brandon Lovested of Grass Valley, California Funeral: Private Burial: Kirby's Tucker Memorial Cemetery, Mountain Home, Arkansas