Clack, William J.
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Mrs. William J. Clack,
Obituary
Mrs. Ag nes uack, wid ow of Rev. Vl illiam J. Clack, a member of Detroit Con ferenc e who di ed in 1904, passed to her
eternal r ewanl on T uesday, Decemb er 20,
1932, a t the age of eig hty, from bet home,
183 F lor ence aven ue, P ontiac.
Mrs. Clack was a daug hter of R ev. a nd
Mrs. H enry Watling, he r fat her having
been once a pas to r at Walled L a ke, Mich.
Sh e became th e wife of Brother Clack in
Apr il, 1872. S he labored faithfull y with
him as pasto r's compani on and he lper on
th ese cha1·ges: Dundee, Otisville, Owosso,
Farmington, Bellvi lle, Unadilla, F la t Rock,
R idgeway, Blissfield, Pinckney, P lymout h,
New Boston, Royal Oak, Troy, Wattrousvi lle and Walled Lake, whe re he died 28
years ago. Remaining two years there
M r s. Clack removed to P o ntiac, which has
' since been her home.
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~ :M rs. Clack was a devout Christian , esteemed by a ll wh o k new her. Survivors
are three sons : H enry W. and A lbert J. of
P ontiac, and Paul of Clawson; a stepson,
Charl es A. Clack, of Crown Point, I nd.;
'and a sister, i\hs. Carrie Hitchens, of
Chicago.
T he funeral services were conducted a t
Pontiac by R ev. R. M. Atkins. Bu rial was
at Dundee, beside the hu sband.
Martin P . B ad ley, f H ermansville,
w ho has se rved ve t nns in th e lower
Ho use of t he Mi 1i n Leg islature, wi ll
be the speaker of t
body un der the new
D emocratic regi c.
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