Martin Clark

City and State of residence: Casper, Wyoming



Name of deceased: Martin C. Clark

Age of deceased: 81

Place of service: Newcomer Family Funeral Home

Date of service: , 02-02-2007

Time of service: 10:00am

Officiating: The Family

Name of cemetery: Highland Cemetery in Casper, Wyoming

Military Honors: United Veteran's Council

Date of death: 01-28-2007

Place of death: Life Care Center,

Date of birth: 11-23-1925

Place of birth: Vilas, South Dakota

Parents name: Arthur E. Clark and Helen M (Cole) Clark



Life History: Graduated in 1943 from Argonne High School in Argonne, South Dakota. Worked the family farm until 1946.

He then joined the Army, served in Alaska until Honorable Discharge in November 1947

Married Gladys Elkhe in Epiphany, S.D. on December 29 1949. They were married for 25 years until their divorce. Lived in Canova S.D. 4 years then moved to Lead S.D. where he worked at the Homestake Gold Mine. After a near fatal mining accident the family decided to move to Casper, WY in 1956 where he worked the Brooks Ranch Oil Field. He then entered the trucking Industry working for Consolidated Freightways ,moved to Salt Creek Freightways until 1981 during which time he married Donna Lincoln and was married for another 25 years

Ran his own trucking Business until going to work for Texaco in the oilfields until his retirement in the late 1980s.

Hobbies: Enjoyed collecting almost anything from old lanterns, rifles, fishing equipment, Texaco trucks and different model cars.

Loved playing cribbage, pool, and ping pong, watching Colorado Rockies baseball and playing poker with friends and family and he loved his dogs, Pookie and Denny.



Survivors name and city and state.

Gladys and Marty's Sons

Son: Mark Clark, Boise, Idaho

Son: Richard Clark, Galveston, TX

Son: Dan Clark, Bar Nunn, WY

Donna and Marty's Sons

Monte, Rocky, Mike, and Scott

Grand Children: 10

Great Grand: 11Preceded in death: His parents

Preceded in death: Son: David A. Clark

Preceded in death: Brother: Raymond Clark

Preceded in death: Brother: George(Buster)Clark

Preceded in death: Brother: Cletus Clark

Preceded in death: Sister: Evelyn Bamsey , ,

Preceded in death: 1st wife: Gladys (Elkhe) Clark



Memorials: Alzheimer's Affiliations of Wyoming, PO Box 1493, Casper, Wyoming 82602





Newcomer Family Funeral Home will be in charge of the arrangements.

Contact person: Diane McKee at (307) 234-0234