Obit: Clark, Sibyl (1874 - 1957)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surnames: Clark, Wells, Spaulding, Marsh, North, Seltrecht  
 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) March 21, 1957 
 

Clark, Sibyl (10 February 1874 - 15 March 1957) 
 

Mrs. Homer Caswell Clark, born Sibyl A. Wells February 10, 1874, and a life long resident of Clark County, passed away peacefully in her sleep on March 15, 1957.  She was the third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Wells, pioneers of this county.  They were engaged in the hardware business in Neillsville for many years.  Mrs. Wells was a direct descendant of Edward Spaulding, one of the founders of the Massachusetts Colony of 1260 (1620?). 
 

Mrs. Clark grew to womanhood in Neillsville, and was a graduate of the Neillsville High School, class of 1893. 
 

On July 19, 1899, she was married in her parent’s home in Neillsville (now the residence of Mrs. Vivian Seltrecht on Hewett Street) to Mr. Homer C. Clark, prominent Neillsville attorney.  He lost his life when thirty-nine years of age in an auto accident.  Previous to the time he entered the law school at Madison, Wis., he made his home with his family in Damariscotta Mills, Me., where he was graduated from the Newcastle Academy in 1893.  Later he became prominent in Masonic circles in the State of Wisconsin. 
 

After Mr. Clark’s death, Mrs. Clark spent much time in the city of Milwaukee, where she became a member and worker in the First Church of Christ Scientist. 
 

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and two sisters, Emma Jane Wells, who lost her live at five years of age in an accident, and Bertie A. Wells (Mrs. William J. Marsh). 
 

Mrs. Clark is survived by her niece, Mrs. Herman E. North, and by Mr. and Mrs. North’s two daughters and their six children.