Gwen H. Clark, age 98, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022, at her home. Gwen was a homemaker, a member of First Baptist Church where she was active in the Women’s Missionary Circle, and was a former member of the Long Branch Baptist Church in Cairo, Georgia. She was very sports minded as a youth and was very competitive in basketball, softball and bowling-actively participating for many years in the Coffee Clutch League at Bryan Lanes.
Gwen was born on Sept. 13, 1924, in Hinsonton, Georgia, the daughter of George Thomas and Eva Mae (Perry) Hancock. She married Maynard E. Clark on Sept. 2, 1947, and he preceded her in death on Dec. 5, 1996.
Gwen is survived by her daughter, Teresa Summers, of Bryan; grandchildren, Michelle (Kevin) Boehm, of Montpelier, and Steve (Kim) Armbruster, of Bryan; eight great-grandchildren; many great-great-grandchildren; and a sister, Nell (Robert) Conell, of Cairo. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, sons, Thomas Clark in Vietnam in 1969 and Curt Clark in 1980; brothers, Clyde, Earnest and Rod Hancock; and sisters, Virginia Bergstrom, Mildred Lambert, Helen Knight and Joyce Dammer.
Visitation for Gwen will be held Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, from 3-6 p.m. in the Krill Funeral Home, 860 W. Mulberry St., Bryan. Private graveside funeral services will be held at Shiffler Cemetery with Pastor John MacFarlane officiating.
Those wishing to make a memorial donation are asked to consider First Baptist Church.
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