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Berniece Joan Muhs Clarke

Birth	:	19 Mar 1920 Hand County, South Dakota, USA
Death	:	12 Oct 2013 Miller, Hand County, South Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Wessington Cemetery, Hand County, USA
Coordinate	:	44.4569016, -98.7102966
Description	:	Berniece Joan Clarke, age 93 of Miller, formerly of Wessington, passed away Saturday, October 12, 2013, at the Avera Hand County Memorial Hospital in Miller. Funeral services were Wednesday, October 16 at the Wessington Presbyterian Church. Burial was at the Wessington Cemetery. American Legion Auxiliary graveside services were held at the grave site prior to the committal service. Berniece was born March 19, 1920 to Henry and Mabel (Lee) Muhs at the family farm located in the Wessington Hills seven miles south of Vayland, SD. She attended elementary school at the Muhs School. Berniece attended a... Read More	Berniece Joan Clarke, age 93 of Miller, formerly of Wessington, passed away Saturday, October 12, 2013, at the Avera Hand County Memorial Hospital in Miller. Funeral services were Wednesday, October 16 at the Wessington Presbyterian Church. Burial was at the Wessington Cemetery. American Legion Auxiliary graveside services were held at the grave site prior to the committal service. Berniece was born March 19, 1920 to Henry and Mabel (Lee) Muhs at the family farm located in the Wessington Hills seven miles south of Vayland, SD. She attended elementary school at the Muhs School. Berniece attended a portion of her high school freshman year in New Rockford, ND, before transferring to Wessington High School from which she graduated as a member of the class of 1938. During her high school years and prior to her marriage to Ralph Clarke June 16, 1940, she worked for several families in Wessington and Vermillion. During the early years of the 68 plus years of their marriage, she and Ralph farmed in the Wolsey and Wessington areas. After the sale of their dairy herd in the 1940s, Berniece worked at several jobs to help support and provide an education for their four children. The most notable of which were bookkeeper at the Hayes-Lucas Lumberyard (later United Building Center) in Wessington and a kitchen manager for Aberdeen Public Schools. Berniece was an active member of the Wessington First Presbyterian Church and Ladies Aid Society, Eastern Star, Wessington Women's Study Club and Watson-Krauter American Legion Post 110 Auxiliary. She was a more than 25 year participant in the SD Cooperative Home Extension Program, and served as a 4-H leader for several years. An avid reader and advocate of education she supported the Wessington Library, was a PTA member and encouraged her children and grandchildren to earn baccalaureate and graduate degrees. Though she and Ralph resided in Edgeley, ND, and Aberdeen for several years, they always considered Wessington their home, retiring there during 1986. She and Ralph enjoyed attending Twins games and bus trips to historic sites in the eastern US during their happy golden years. During the later years of her life she moved to Miller to be closer to Ralph during much of his nearly ten years in the Prairie Good Samaritan Home, then moving to the Center herself in 2010. Berniece is survived by three of her four children, Marge (Guy) Kleinsasser, Norfolk, NE, Dennis (Joan), Pierre; and Jack (Jeanne), Britton; daughter-in-law Gloria (Roger) Ottertail, MN; 11 grandchildren; 26 great grandchildren and 4 great-great grandchildren; her sisters Shirley Ricker, Vancouver, WA; Jean Daetwiler Parsons, KS; Audrey Larson, and Patricia (Aldon Schimke) Nagel, Huron; and brother Wayland (Florence) Las Vegas, NV; brothers-in-law Lester, Aberdeenand Roy, Miller; and sister-in-law Jean Clarke (Donald) ), Wessington and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Ralph, son Roger, daughter-in-law Audrey and grand daughter Elizabeth (Dennis), brother and sister-in-law Floyd (Rusty) and Jean Muhs, sister Mary, sisters-in-law Charlotte (Lester) Clarke and Betty (Roy) Clarke and brothers-in law Delton Larson, Harry Nagel, George Ricker, Donald Clarke and Alvin Daetwiler. Rembold Funeral Home, St. Lawrence. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Berniece Joan Muhs Clarke death on 12 Oct 2013 in Miller, Hand County, South Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 44.4569016
Longitude: -98.7102966

Family Members:

Parent

Henry William Muhs

(1896 - 1972)

Mabel Verena Lee Muhs

(1897 - 1986)

Spouse

Ralph Harold Emil Clarke

(1918 - 2007)

Children

Roger Lynn Clarke

(1944 - 2001)

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Coordinate: 44.4569016, -98.7102966

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Coordinate: 44.6622009, -98.5535965

16. Buffalo Cemetery
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17. Sunbeam Cemetery
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18. Burdette Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.7002983, -98.7869034

19. Earlville Cemetery
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24. Broadland Catholic Cemetery
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