Submitted by Mary Jo Koran

CLARK

Faulkner

Manges

Mann

Rynearson

Williams

Article published Feb 8, 2006
Donabel M. Clark
Feb. 4, 1919 - Feb. 6, 2006

Donabel M. Clark, 87, of Grove Street, Ardmore, died at 4:30 p.m. Monday, February 6, in her residence.

Donabel was born Feb. 4, 1919, in Bourbon, IN, to the late Jessie and Bertha (Faulkner) Manges. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Lorene Rynearson; and two brothers, Ernest and Earl Manges. On May 22, 1937, in South Bend, as Donabel Manges, she married Leo O. Clark, who died August 7, 1976.

Donabel is survived by two daughters, Marie E. (Herman) Williams of South Bend and Malia E. (Rodney) Mann of Shelbyville, Ind.; two sons, Gary L. (Sonja) Clark of Ontario, Calif., and Jessie L. Clark of Shelbyville, Tenn.; 13 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren

As a homemaker, Donabel also worked as an Avon representative for 25 years. She was a member of First Brethren Church of Ardmore.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 10, in the Welsheimer Family Funeral Home, 521 N. William St., South Bend, with Rev. Greg Crump of South Side Church of God officiating. Burial will follow at Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Friends may visit with the family from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home.

Contributions in Donabel's memory may be made to the Center for Hospice and Palliative Care, 111 Sunnybrook Court, South Bend, IN 46637.