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Residence: Wild Rose, WI
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June 21, 1908 - February 18, 2010
Services:
Graveside services will be held at Oak Hill Cemetery
in Wild Rose on Monday, February 22, 2010 at 4 PM.
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Ruth V. Clarke, age 101, formerly of Wild Rose,
passed away on Thursday, February 18th, 2010, at
Weyauwega Health Care Center. She was born in
Ladysmith, WI, on June 21, 1908, a daughter of
the late Fred and Ethel (Clough) Conover.
She married Claude Clarke on October 17, 1931 in
Rockford, Il. He preceded her in death on
December 14, 1959. Ruth attended Wautoma Normal
School and UW-Milwaukee. Ruth and her husband
Claude were caretakers at Little Silver Lake
Resort at one time. They had no children. Ruth
had many hobbies including reading, crocheting and
playing cards. Ruth worked in libraries in
Ladysmith and Milwaukee before moving to Wild
Rose. She became library director there in 1954,
oversaw the building of the Patterson Memorial
Library in 1956 and retired in January, 1980.
Ruth was a member of the Wild Rose Woman's Club
and the Wild Rose Historical Society. She is
survived by nieces, nephews and many friends.
Graveside services will be held at Oak Hill
Cemetery in Wild Rose on Monday, February 22, 2010
at 4 PM. Interment will be in the Oak Hill
Cemetery, Wild Rose. In lieu of flowers,
memorials can be made to the Patterson Memorial
Library in Wild Rose.
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