Samuel Brown Magner
Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner Children
Daughter: Mildred Anna Magner, wife of Fred Charles Clark
Miss Mildred Anna Magner, High School Senior
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Thursday, November 9, 2017
Samuel Brown Magner
Saturday, September 16, 2017
28th Annual Galesburg Days
Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County
Herman and Corenne (Magner) Simmons, son Larry Dean Simmons and his wife, Beverly J. (Moore) met my husband and myself for breakfast at the church. Larry and Susan (in this photo) originally met in person when I met his mother, Corenne in Erie, Kansas in October 2011.
Samuel Brown Magner
Lillian (Simmons) married Steve Roosevelt at the Galesburg United Methodist Church in Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County on November 5, 1967.
They renewed their vows on their 50th wedding anniversary on November 5, 2017 at the Galesburg United Methodist Church in Galesburg.
Photo of the Happy Couple
Samuel Brown Magner
Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner had a son named Ralph Jerald Magner. He married Dica Belle Brooke and they were blessed with four children.
Ralph and Dica's oldest child, a daughter named Corenne Dica Magner. She grew up and married Herman Cecil Simmons and they too were blessed with four children.
Herman Cecil Simmons's parents are Ralph Lee Simmons and Cena D. Gown. They were blessed with eight children. Herman Cecil Simmons and Thomas E. "Tom" Simmons were brothers.
Thomas E. Simmons married Dorothy Laverne Hopeman and they were blessed with six children. One of which is Lucille Simmons Janssen, a dear lady I met and has helped me in finding my ancestors in SE Kansas.
Photo taken: October 2015 Below are two of Lucille's sisters:
Left to Right: Lillian Roosevelt, Lucille Janssen and Nancy Dague (Sisters)
Albert Lanville Magner
Saturday, September 16, 2017
28th Annual Galesburg Days
Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County
One of the gifts or surprises of working on family genealogy is that you get to meet relatives that you have never met before. In October 2016, I met Lucille (Simmons) Janssen by telephone. She was so kind to help me gain information about some of my Magner Ancestors. We emailed back and forth for one year and then finally met in person at the 2017 Galesburg Days Event.
Left to Right: Lucille and Susan (myself)
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Left to Right: Lucille and MyselfGalesburg Museum - Galesburg, Kansas |
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Albert Lanville Magner
Wife of Albert Lanville Magner, Jennie Doris Gager
Thank you for a Mother - Grandmother - Great Grandmother that was so loving and who was loved by all her family.
Thank you for a Mom that instilled self worth; self esteem in each of us that we could face the world and life with confidence and feel good about ourselves in any circumstance or situation.
Thank you for a Mom that showed us how to love one another; have respect for those around us.
Thank you for a Mom with a good sense of humor - (joke she would tell about a little bird that flew into a store) - she used to laugh so hard she sometimes couldn't finish.
Thank you for a Mom that brought God into each of our lives.
Mom loved Life - she loved her family most of all. She was proud of each little achievement we had though sometimes our accomplishment was so small it didn't really rate rave reviews.
I could go on for much longer, but in short what I am saying is - we thank you God for Mom and for the many blessings you have given us through Mom and her long life.
Thank you.
Written by Albert Magner after his mother died
Albert Lanville Magner
Wife of Albert Lanville Magner, Jennie Doris Gager - ObituaryTop left obituary is from The Topeka Capital Journal Newspaper
Sunday, July 18, 1999 - Page 4 E
2nd Obituary is from the Chanute Tribune Newspaper
My
Grandmother Jennie (Gager) Magner was the Matriarch of the family. She had an infectious laugh, wonderful sense
of humor; she was kind, loving, optimistic, intelligent and a strong Christian
woman.
Monday, October 23, 2017
Albert Lanville Magner
Page 3: 'Memories'
Thank you Richard for allowing me to post your thoughts when you were just 15 years old when our grandfather died. I think it was beautifully written.
Note: I found these pages and more in one of my mother's scrapbooks while I was home in September. Priceless!
Source: Author, Richard Albert Magner - 1971
Albert Lanville Magner
My brother, Richard wrote this 3-page 'Memories' after our Grandpa Albert Lanville Magner's death in September 1971 to our father, Albert Magner, Jr.. I have Richard's permission to post and share this beautifully written essay on my Blog. He was 15 years old when he wrote this tribute.
Source: Author, Richard Albert Magner - 1971
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Albert Lanville Magner
Albert Lanville Magner and Jennie Doris Gager Marriage Certificate
Source: Magner Family History & Gager Family History Book
Authors - Noretta (Magner) Caldwell and daughters
Jennie (Gager) Magner's words from the booklet, Many Memories Jennie --
I was married July 7, 1923. Everyone kept asking when are you to be married? I think you're already married, so Albert and I thought we had the name, so might as well do it. We went to Girard saying we were looking for furniture. We were married and afterwards went to a small café across from the courthouse and had watermelon to celebrate the event. When we returned home, he went to his parent's home and me to mine. His parents and younger sister Mildred were to move into Galesburg as soon as the house they had bought was ready to live in.
After we had been married a month or so Albert's mother found the marriage license in his overcoat pocket. Horrors - "Did you have to marry?" I think it was a big disappointment to a lot of people in the neighborhood that it wasn't so. Ha!
Albert Lanville Magner
Albert Lanville Magner's wife, Jennie Doris Gager
August 1966 - Jennie & Albert
enjoyed camping and fishing trips
Above, Grandma, Jennie loved working
in her vegetable garden
Below left, Jennie celebrating a birthday with her six children
Jennie Magner with my dad, Albert Magner, Jr. on the farm
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Albert Lanville Magner
1921 - Jennie Gager's Emporia Teachers College Graduation Class - Emporia, Kansas
Photo Source: Albert Magner, Jr. (my Dad)
Left to Right (standing) Dorothy Stall, Anna Sutcliffe Whal, Blanche Tuttle Bergtol, James Robins, Mary Sutcliffe Edwards and Ruth Pownall Rash
Seated: Veola Adams Beckman, Bertha McFarland, Ada Finch Thurman, JENNIE GAGER and Alma Leonard Robinson
Albert Lanville Magner
Jennie Doris (Gager) Magner
Early 1920s Photo Source: Albert Magner, my Dad
Jennie (Gager) Magner's own words from the booklet, "Many Memories"
I graduated in 1921 and while attending a basketball game with Eva (my sister) and her date, Wes Holstein, Gladys Hughes and Bill Beach, I had a blind date with Albert Magner, my future husband. Note: Jennie and Albert lived just seven miles from each other
I signed a contract to teach at a country school, Shiloh about six miles from home. I went to Teachers College at Emporia Kansas for two months, June and July. Received a teacher's certificate for one year. I borrowed $100.00 from Thayer Kansas State Bank to pay for board, room and books. Good old days.
Back to my first teaching job. I stayed home and drove Nellie, the slowest mare on earth to the school house. I repaid the loan at the bank in two months, also paid the board bill for Eva and Dorothy (her sisters) staying in Thayer, Kansas.
My Personal Note: Jennie taught school for two years before marrying Albert Magner. After she was married she was kept busy raising their six children, cultivating a vegetable garden and raising chickens, canning their homegrown food, sewing clothes and other chores.
**Jennie wrote "Many Memories" and her daughter Noretta typed and assembled the book.
Albert Lanville Magner
Albert Lanville Magner, wife Jennie Doris Gager
Jennie Doris Gager, My Paternal Grandmother
Born: August 13, 1900 - Girard, Kansas - Crawford CountyDied: July 16, 1999 - Chanute, Kansas - Neosho County
Jennie Doris Gager as a young girl
Jennie Doris Gager Parents - Year of Photo Unknown
Jesse Jay Gager and Nora Mae (Hughes) Gager
Sunday, July 30, 2017
Albert Lanville Magner
 Samuel Brown and Etta Mae (Boje) Magner Family Left to Right Standing: Audlene Mae, Ralph Jerald and Albert Lanville Seated: Samuel Brown Magner, Mildred Anna and Etta Mae Boje |
Magner Photo - Summer 1966
Left to Right: Albert Lanville Magner, Ralph Jerald Magner,
Audlene Mae (Magner) Springer and Mildred Anna (Magner) Clark
Photo Source: My dad, Albert Magner, Jr.
Albert Lanville Magner
Albert Lanville Magner Obituary
Parsons Sun Newspaper - Parsons, Kansas - Neosho County
Thursday, September 23, 1971 - Page 2
Albert L. Magner
Special to the Sun
GALESBURG - Albert L. Magner, 70, a life-time resident of the Galesburg community, died at 2:10 a.m. in the Labette County Medical Center in Parsons following an illness of three months.The family home is three and 1/4 miles southeast of Galesburg. Magner was born July 20, 1901, at Galesburg, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Magner. He was married to Jennie Gager on July 7, 1923 in Girard, Kansas. She survives.
Other survivors include two daughters; Mrs. Roy Hanks, Grandview, MO., and Mrs. M. L. Caldwell, Pittsburg, KS.; four sons, Albert Magner, Topeka, KS; Irvin L. Magner, Chanute, KS; Elford N. Magner, Albert Lea, MN., and Lyle T. Magner, Liberal, KS.; 19 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and two sisters, Audlene Springer of Galesburg, KS and Mrs. Fred Clark of Seattle, WA. One brother, Ralph, preceded him in death.
Magner was a member of the Galesburg Christian Church. In recent years he had attended the Parsons Church of Christ. He drove a Galesburg school bus for 19 years before retiring in 1966.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Galesburg Christian Church, conducted by the Rev. Allen Hannaford and Mr. Frank Scheurich.
Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery here under the direction of the Pierce Funeral Home in Erie, Kansas.
The Parsons Sun Newspaper 1971 Subscription rates by Carrier in City of Parsons - $2.06 a month.
Thursday, July 20, 2017
Albert Lanville Magner
Albert Magner moved to the MAGNER Homestead when he was about two years old. After marrying Jennie GAGER, he purchased the 160 acre farm from his father, Samuel in July 1926. Albert farmed all his life and after his children had grown and were raising their own families, he drove a school bus for 19 years for the Galesburg School District.
In 1968, Albert suffered a stroke spending a short time in the hospital. The following year, 1969 Albert and Jennie made their last fishing trip to Colorado in their pick-up camper. They watched the July 20, 1969 first landing on the moon from a hotel that summer. Albert had surgery in 1971 for a bleeding ulcer. The stitches were removed after one week. The wound somehow split open so they taped the incision shut, but Albert went into shock and had a mini-stroke. He told his wife, Jennie it was his time to go and he passed a few weeks later on September 23, 1971 at a Parsons (Kansas) hospital.
1966 - Albert Lanville Magner on the Farm
Photo Source: My Dad, Albert Magner, Jr. personal pictures
Albert Lanville Magner
Born: July 20, 1901 - Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County
Died: September 23, 1971 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Married: July 7, 1923 - Girard, Kansas - Crawford County
Spouse: Jennie Doris Gager
Born: August 13, 1900 - Thayer, Kansas - Neosho County
Died: July 16, 1999 - Chanute, Kansas - Neosho County
Children: Six
The original spelling for MAGNER was MHAINGNEIRIGH in Ireland
Albert Lanville Magner
Year Photo Taken Unknown
Photo Source: My Dad, Albert Magner
Albert Lanville Magner - My Paternal Grandfather
LIFE
Life can be measured only in time.
We use not the rule to measure the first two score.
It comes and goes like the dawn til dusk.
Some are blessed with life for long,
Others short we know not Why.
The answer we will know
When life is over here on earth.
Written by Albert L. Magner on an envelope postmarked February 13, 1950
PHOTO SOURCE: Albert Magner, Jr. (my Dad)
Date Unknown - Location; the Magner Farm, Galesburg, Kansas
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Samuel Brown Magner
Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner Children
Daughter: Mildred Anna Magner, wife of Fred Charles Clark
MAGNER SISTERS:
Left to Right: Mildred Anna and Audlene Mae
Photo Taken: 1970s in Seattle, Washington
April 1971 - Mildred (Magner) Clark and Rev. Fred Clark
Photos Source: Mildred and Fred Clark's son, Burnill Fred Clark
Thursday, May 4, 2017
Samuel Brown Magner
Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner Children
Daughter: Mildred Anna Magner, son Burnill Fred Clark
Burnill is my dad's cousin and we met via the Internet when I perused a Kansas genealogy website. We exchanged emails until we met in person July 2011 and later we met his wife, Diane.
Burnill has given me permission to add his personal get-well cards and letters from his Aunt Dica (Brooke) and Uncle Ralph Magner in the Spring 1956 when he was in the 9th grade and had a blood disorder that caused him to miss many weeks of school.
Source: Burnill Fred Clark
Samuel Brown Magner
Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner Children
Daughter: Mildred Anna Magner, husband Fred Charles Clark
First United Methodist Church - Cheyenne Wyoming
In October 2016, my husband and I were on vacation and stopped in Cheyenne, Wyoming where Dr. Fred Clark was a Senior Minister at the First United Methodist Church from 1954 - 1961. We were invited inside by the church secretary to hear the history and tour this beautiful church in downtown Cheyenne. Dr. Fred C. Clark is listed on the Senior Pastors plague that hangs in the church.
Monday, April 24, 2017
Samuel Brown Magner
Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner ChildrenDaughter: Mildred Anna Magner, husband Fred Charles Clark
Funeral Service Bulletin - United Methodist Church
FRED CHARLES CLARK
July 7, 1905 November 11, 1982
Fred Charles Clark was born July 7, 1905 in St. Paul, Kansas. He graduated from high school in Erie, Kansas and received his A.B. Degree in 1935 from Kansas State Teacher's College in Pittsburg, Kansas. Reverend Clark received the Master of Theology Degree in 1938, from The Iliff School of Theology. In 1950 he earned the degree of Doctor of Theology from Iliff in Denver, Colorado.
Doctor Clark served Methodist churches in Kansas, Colorado and Cheyenne, Wyoming before becoming superintendent of the Greeley, Colorado District in 1961. From 1963 to 1966 he served as District Superintendent in Denver, Colorado. In 1966 Doctor Clark became Director of Field Education for The Iliff School of Theology. During his forty- three years in the ministry, Doctor Clark served on numerous boards and agencies. He was a Thirty-Second Degree Mason and a Rotarian. Upon retirement from the Rocky Mountain Conference in 1970, the Clarks moved to Lynnwood, Washington.
From 1970 to 1975 Doctor Clark served as Minister of Visitation for the Edmonds United Methodist Church. Since moving to the Hearthstone Retirement Home in July 1981, Sand Point has been Fred and Mildred's church home.
Fred was the son of Charlie and Winifred Clark. He was the second of five children. His sister Cleora Neely makes her home in Chapman, Kansas. Fred has two brothers who are retired Methodist ministers: Doctor Alva Clark, living in Omaha, Nebraska; and Reverend Leonard Clark who resides in Thayer, Kansas. His brother Lloyd Clark is deceased.
Fred and Mildred Anna Magner were married on Christmas Day, 1933. To this union were born two children, Marilyn Clark Kraft and Burnill Fred Clark. Marilyn is married to Kenneth A. Kraft. They are parents of Karla Kraft Clogston and Linda Marie Kraft. Burnill is the husband of Diane Rae (Oswald) Clark. Their three daughters are Michelle Rae, Marcie Diane and Melissa Esther Clark. Gifts in memory of Doctor Clark may be given to the Sand Point or Edmonds United Methodist Churches.
Source: Fred and Mildred Clark Children: Burnill Clark and Marilyn Kraft
Samuel Brown Magner
Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner ChildrenDaughter: Mildred Anna Magner, husband Fred Charles Clark
The Sand Point United Methodist Church Bulletin
Fred Charles Clark was born July 7, 1905 in St. Paul, Kansas and spent his childhood in Erie, Kansas, where he graduated from high school. On Christmas Day in 1933, he and Mildred Anna Magner were married. [Correction, they were married on Christmas Eve in 1933]
In 1935 he received his A.B. degree from Kansas State Teacher's College; in 1938 he received his Master of Theology degree from the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado.
Fred Clark served Methodist churches in Kansas, Colorado and Cheyenne, Wyoming before becoming District Superintendent of the Greeley, Colorado District in 1961. In 1966 Doctor Clark became Director of Field Education for the Iliff School of Theology. During his forty-three years in the active ministry, he served on numerous boards and agencies.
He was a Thirty-Second Degree Mason and a Rotarian. Upon retirement from the Rocky Mountain Conference in 1970, the Clarks moved to Lynnwood, Washington. From 1970 to 1975 Fred served as Minister of Visitation for the Edmonds United Methodist Church. Since moving to the Hearthstone Retirement Home in July, 1981, Sand Point was Fred and Mildred's church home.
Fred is survived by his wife, Mildred; two children, Marilyn Clark Kraft and Burnill Fred Clark; and five grandchildren. He is also survived by a sister, Cleora Neely and two brothers, Dr. Alva Clark and the Reverend Leonard Clark, both retired Methodist clergymen.
Fred Clark was a loving, caring husband, father and friend. Because the health of his wife was always frail, Fred helped in many ways that made him exceptionally close to his wife and children. As a preacher he was scholarly and inspirational. Many people grew because of his nurture and care. As a pastor and friend he dispensed light and warmth. His religion was part of his living. In his friendships he was courageous and helpful and could always be depended upon. Fred Clark was so full of fun and good humor that it was a joy to be with him. He was truly a beautiful person.
Source: Fred and Mildred Clark Children: Burnill Clark and Marilyn Kraft
Samuel Brown Magner
Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner Children
Daughter: Mildred Anna Magner, husband Fred Charles Clark
Fred Charles Clark Obituary
The Seattle Times Newspaper
Tuesday, November 16, 1982
SERVICE SET FOR FRED C. CLARK, RETIRED PASTOR
A memorial service for Fred. C. Clark, 77, a retired United Methodist Church minister, will be at 3 p.m. tomorrow at the Sand Point Community United Methodist Church. There will be cremation. He died Thursday.Born in St. Paul, Kansas, he had served pastorates in Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming. He later served as a Methodist District Superintendent and was on the faculty of Iliff School of Theology in Denver where he also received his doctorate. He retired and moved to Seattle, Washington in 1970.
He recently served as an associate pastor of Edmonds United Methodist Church.
Clark is survived by his wife, Mildred; a daughter, Mrs. Marilyn Kraft and a son, Burnill Clark, both of Seattle.
Remembrances are suggested to the Sand Point Methodist Church or Edmonds United Methodist Church.
Source: Fred and Mildred Clark Children: Burnill Clark and Marilyn Kraft
Samuel Brown Magner
Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner Children
Daughter, Mildred Anna Magner, husband Fred Charles Clark
1930 United States Federal Census
Residence: Stark, Kansas - Neosho County
Head of House: Fred C. Clark
Birth Year: About 1906
Race: White
Birthplace: Kansas
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Kansas
Mother's Birthplace: Indiana
Occupation: Purchaser
Age: 24
1940 United States Federal Census
Residence: Cherokee, Kansas - Crawford County
Head of House: Fred C. Clark
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Inferred Residence in 1935: Rural, Douglas, Colorado
Residence on farm in 1935: No
Occupation: Minister
Home Own or Rent: Rent
Highest Grade Completed: College, 5th or subsequent year
Income: 1200
Income Other Sources: Yes
Household Members:
Fred C. Clark Age: 34
Mildred Clark Age: 32
Marilyn Clark Age: 1
Samuel Brown Magner
Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner Children
Daughter: Mildred Anna Magner, husband Fred Charles Clark
Fred Charles Clark Parents: (continued)
Father: Charles Stephen Clark
Married: November 12, 1902
The groom (26) living in St. Paul Kansas and bride (25) residing in Erie, Kansas.
SOURCE: Kansas, County Marriages, 1811-1911
Mother: Winifred (Baldwin) Clark
Born: July 1877 - Indiana
Died: 1959 - Kansas
Interment: South Mound Cemetery, South Mound, Kansas - Neosho County
NOTE: 1900 US CENSUS
Winifred was a music teacher and living in Centerville, Kansas - Neosho County
1920 U.S Census -- Charles and Winifred Clark Family
Home: Lincoln, Kansas - Neosho County
Children: Five
Son: Lloyd Clark - Age 16
Son: Fred Clark - Age 14
Daughter: Cleora Clark - Age 12
Son: Alva Clark - Age 4
Son: Leonard Clark - Age 1
Samuel Brown Magner
Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner Children
Daughter: Mildred Anna Magner, husband Fred Charles Clark
Fred Charles Clark
Born: July 7, 1905 - South Mound, Kansas - Neosho County
Died: November 11, 1982 - Edmonds, Washington - Snohomish County
Interment: Acacia Memorial Park - Lake Forest Park, Washington - King County
G17 Terrace Memorial Section - Rhody Terrace - Lot G - Space 55
Age: 77
Fred Charles Clark Parents
Father: Charles Stephen Clark "Charlie"
Born: February 20, 1876 - Kansas
Died: February 15, 1946 - Neosho County, Kansas
Interment: South Mound Cemetery, South Mound, Kansas - Neosho County
Other Information:
Enlistment: September 30, 1899 - Girard, Kansas
Rank: Private - M Company, 40th U.S. Infantry
Honorable Discharge: June 24, 1901 - Presidio, California
Domestic History: Age 50 - Height 5' 3 1/2 " - Farmer -
Residence: St. Paul, Kansas - Married to Winifred B. Clark
MIDDLE NAME AND DATE/PLACE OF BIRTH SOURCE:
U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
DATE OF DEATH SOURCE:
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
Charles Home Address: 915 S. Lincoln - Chanute, Kansas - Neosho County
ADDITIONAL SOURCE:
U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938
Samuel Brown Magner
Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner ChildrenDaughter: Mildred Anna Magner
CHURCH SERVICE BULLETIN (continued)
NEW TESTAMENT Romans 8:31-39 Marcie Clark (granddaughter)
John 14: 1-4, 27 Melissa Stepanuik (granddaughter)
MEMORIES OF GRANDMOTHER
Introduced by Karla Clogston (granddaughter)
SERVICE OF THE WORD
EULOGY Burnill Clark (son)
SHARED MEMORIES
PASTORAL PRAYER AND LORD'S PRAYER
HYMN #358 "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind"
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE
Following the service, everyone is invited to greet the family in Perry Hall.
The family wishes to give heartfelt thanks for the loving care that Mildred received for so many years at the Hearthstone Health Center and most recently, at the Morning Glory Adult Family Home in Edmonds.
Memorials may be given to Sand Point Community United Methodist Church or Medic One.
Worship Assistants
Pastor: the Rev. Dr. Bill D. Smith
Organist: Pat Hoffer
Ushers: Jerry Sheller and Vernon Smith
Reception: United Methodist Women
SAND POINT COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
SOURCE: Fred and Mildred Clark Children: Burnill Clark and Marilyn Kraft
Samuel Brown Magner
Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner ChildrenDaughter: Mildred Anna Magner
CHURCH SERVICE BULLETIN
May 25, 2000 1:00 PM
A Service of Worship to
Remember and Celebrate the Life of
Mildred Anna Magner Clark
February 19, 1908 - May 20, 2000
PRELUDE
CALL TO WORSHIP (responsive)
Loving God, our Creator and sustainer, in you we live, and move, and have our being.
You, O God, have been our refuge and strength from generation to generation.
You, O Christ, are our hope and salvation; in you, death has been swallowed up in victory, and we have an inheritance which is imperishable and unfading.
Alleluia! The Lord God Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice, and give thanks to God for the victory.
FLUTE-PIANO DUET "It is Well With My Soul" Philip Bliss
Linda Shatto (granddaughter) -- flute; Marilyn Kraft (daughter) -- piano
GREETING the Rev. Dr. Bill D. Smith
HYMN #64 "Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty"
PRAYER OF INVOCATION (unison)
Almighty and Eternal God, You who love us with an everlasting love and have continued faithful to us through all our days, help us now to wait upon You with reverent and open hearts, that through patience, hymns and scripture, we may have our hope and faith strengthened and be lifted above our sorrow into the light and peace of your presence. Amen
OLD TESTAMENT Psalm 23 Michelle Hopstad (granddaughter)
Samuel Brown Magner
Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner Children
Daughter: Mildred Anna Magner
MILDRED ANNA MAGNER CLARK (continued)
Mildred was active in church and community all of her life and made many friends wherever she lived. But it was as a mother where she distinguished herself with her absolute faithfulness in time and spirit to the needs of her two children -- Marilyn and Burnill. All through their childhood and school years she devoted herself to their welfare teaching the way of the Christian life by precept and example.
She knew disappointment and sorrow in life, having suffered from tuberculosis while the children were small. She spent fifteen months in the hospital before a cure for that dreaded disease was discovered and developed. Following Mildred's release from the hospital, she spent several years at home regaining her health. In 1948 the family moved to Wheat Ridge, Colorado so that Mildred could benefit from a better climate.
In 1954, Fred and Mildred moved their family to a pastorate in Cheyenne, Wyoming. This was followed by assignments in Greeley and Denver, Colorado.
They retired to the Seattle area in 1970 and bought a home in Lynnwood. Fred served as Minister of Visitation at Edmonds United Methodist Church. In 1980 Mildred and Fred moved to the Hearthstone Retirement Home on Greenlake. Following Fred's death in 1982, Mildred continued to live at the Hearthstone until 1995. She spent her final years in Edmonds Rehabilitation and the Morning Glory Adult Family Home.
A BIG thank you!
SOURCE: Fred and Mildred Clark Children: Burnill Clark and Marilyn Kraft
Samuel Brown Magner
Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner Children
Daughter: Mildred Anna Magner
MILDRED ANNA MAGNER CLARK
February 19, 1908 - May 20, 2000
Mildred Anna Magner was born February 19, 1908 on a farm near Galesburg, Kansas. This was her address for the next fourteen years. Her parents then moved to another farm just outside the city limits of the small town of Galesburg, which Mildred considered to be her home until she and Fred C. Clark were married in 1933.
Mildred was graduated from Galesburg High School. Following two years of college she received a life certificate to teach in the Kansas Elementary Schools, where she taught for seven years prior to her marriage.
She was the youngest of four children of Sam and Etta Magner. Mildred had two brothers -- Ralph and Albert Magner -- both of whom preceded her in death. Both brothers died after reaching retirement age and she felt their loss keenly.
Her sister, Audlene, also preceded her in death. She felt very close to Audlene and lived with her and her husband, D.G. Springer for four years. This was done to provide Mildred access to a better school for the seventh and eighth grades, and the opportunity of attending the first two years of high school in Galesburg. Living with her sister gave Mildred the advantage of a nine-month urban school, compared with the eight-month rural school year.
Mildred and Fred were married on Christmas Eve, 1933 in Galesburg. Much of their married life was spent serving Methodist churches in Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming and Washington. She was baptized into the Christian Church as a young girl, so Mildred early was led to make her commitment to Christ and the Church.
Samuel Brown Magner
Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner Children
Daughter: Mildred Anna Magner
Born: February 19, 1908 - Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County
Died: May 20, 2000 - Edmonds, Washington - Snohomish County
Age: 92 years
Interment: Acacia Memorial Park - Lake Forest Park, Washington - King County
Mildred Magner married Fred Charles Clark Christmas Eve, December 24, 1933 at her parent's, Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner's home in Galesburg, Kansas.
This union was blessed with two children; one daughter and one son.
Daughter: Marilyn Jeanette Clark
Son: Burnill Fred Clark
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