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Surnames: Bark, Babler, Gowans, Rose, Samuelson, Jensen, Johnson, Larson, Leichtnam, Rogers, Thede, Rayner, Erlei, Sybeldon, Mantik, Remus

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 03/13/1952 
 

Bark, Margaret (22 Nov. 1872 - 4 Mar. 1952) 
 

Funeral services for Mrs. Harry Bark, 79, who died at her home Tuesday evening at 6:35, after a lingering illness, will be held Friday afternoon at the Christian Assembly of God church. The body will be taken from the Zink Funeral Home Friday at 12:30 and will lie in state at the church until 1:30 when the the Rev. Orin Babler will conduct last rites. Internment will be made in the Abbotsford cemetery.  
 

Mrs. Bark was born Margaret Gowans at Leary, Ohio, Nov. 22, 1872. She was married to Craig Foy at Sussex, April 2, 1896. To this union a son and two daughters were born. In 1901, the family moved to a farm west of Medford where they resided until 1918 when they moved to the village of Abbotsford, Wis.  
 

Mr. Foy died on Dec. 23, 1923, and the son, James, Aug. 6, 1920, and daughter, Jean, June 6, 1938. 
 

Mrs. Foy was married to Harry Bark on April 22, 1925 and they made their home at Abbotsford since that time.  
 

She is survived by Mr. Bark, her only daughter, Mrs. Fred (Marie) Rose, of Chicago, who has been here caring for her mother the past five weeks. 
 

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 03/13/1952 
 

Funeral services for Mrs. Harry Bark, 79, who died Tuesday, were held Friday afternoon at 1:30 at the Christian Assembly of God church. The Rev. Orin Babler, assisted by Rev. George Samuelson, Waupaca, and Mrs. Elmer Jensen, of Abbotsford, conducted the services. Internment was made in the Abbotsford cemetery.  
 

Pallbearers were Axel Johnson, Elmer Jensen, Martin Larson, Albert Leichtnam, Al Rogers and Alex Thede.  
 

In charge of the floral offerings were Mmes. Henry Erlei, Charles Rayner, Al Rogers and Ed Sybeldon. 
 

At the church services, Mrs. Babler, Mrs. Reuben Mantik, and Mrs. Jensen sang, "Nearer My God to Thee," "Beyond the Sunset," and "The Old Rugged Cross," with Mrs. John Remus as piano accompanist.  
 

Relatives and friends from away who attended the funeral, were from Chicago, Waupaca, Fond du Lac, Rib Lake, Medford, and Dorchester, Wis.