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STRATFORD, CONNECT ! C! IT
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CENTR AL MICH I GAN UNI VERS ITY, MT. PLe ASAN T, MI CH. - B .A. -1 94 5
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'rJESTE RU TIIE ete a le At SErtiii ARY , Pl'f H BU Rett , PA. • 1937· 1939.
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GARR ETT B I BLI CAL I NST I TUTE , EVANSTON, ILLI NOIS -B.D. - 1951
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Degrees Attained
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. Bridgeport, Conn., ~e
came h ere in 1975 from
Detroit , where he retired
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Conference. A Methodist minister for more
than 35 years, he served.
pas t o r ates a t Euclid
United Methodist Church, St. P etersbl)rg, Michigan, L ong. Island, N .Y. and
Connecticut. H e· attended Christ United
Methodist Church. Survivors include his
wife Alice W .; t wo daugh ters, Rosemary J.
Gunther, St. Pete rsburg, Adelle C. Gunn,
Fells Church, Va.; a sister Ruth C. Mell,
Temec ula , Calif., and three g randc h1ldren. Ande rson-McQueen Funeral
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Services for the Rev.
Burdette S. Clark, 70, of
9837 52nd Terrace North,
St. Petersburg Fla., formerly of Stratford, a retired clergyman, who died
Wednesday in St. Anthe>ny's Hospital in St. Petersburg, will take place Monday at 10 :30 a.m. in the
Stratford United Methodist
Church with the Rev. H.
Burnham Kirkland, pastor, officiating. Burial will
be in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven.
The Dennis and D'Arcy
Funeral Home, 2611 Main
Street, is in charge of arrangements.
Rev. Clark was born in
Bridgeport and graduated
frQm Stratford High
School in 1927. He received
his A.B. degree from Central Michigan College of
Education in 1945 and his
B.D. degree from Garrett
Biblical Institute in 1951.
He was ordained a deacon, in 1949 and . ~e~_eiv~
his full membership m tne
Michigan conference in
1950, being ordained as an
elder in 1951 by Bishop
Marshall R. Reed in Albion, Mich. He served the
Dowagiac First Methodist
Church in Michigan for
two and a half years. Prior
to that he had pastorates
in Centerville, North
Muskegon
and
The
Heights, all in Michigan.
.Rev. Clark was a lso ·
pastor of the former Wesley Methodist Church, the
Westville Methodist
Church; New Haven, the
United Methodist Church,
Islip, N.Y. and churches in
Florida.
Survivors include his
wife, Mrs. Alice W. Green
Clark; two daughters,
Mrs. Rosemary J . Gunther
of St. Petersburg, Fla .,
and Mrs. Adelle C. Gunn of
Falls Church, Va.; a sister, Mrs. Ruth Mell of
Temecula, Calif., and
three grandchildren.
CLARK-In St. Petersburg, Fla .,
Feb. 25, 1981. The Rev. Burdette S.
Clark ol 9873 S2nd Terr., North St..
Petersburg, Fla., lormerlv ol Stfd.
& Bpi. Friends are invited to attend
the funeral services on Mon . at
10:30 a.m. In the Stfd. United Melllodlst Church. Interment In Grove
St. Cemelerv, New Haven. Friends
mav call at the Dennis & D' Arev
, Funeral Home. 2611 Main St., Stfd.,
~ ·.un. 7-9 p.m. Those so desiring mav
01 'fer conlrlbvtlons to the Scholarsh lp Fund tor Mlnisteral Students,
stf, 1. United Methodist Church.
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Rev . Burdet t e Sa nford Clar k
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ROSEMARY JANE CLARK, daughMISS ADELLE CORNELIA CLARK'S
ter of Rev. and Mrs. Burdette S. Clark engagement to Wade Wilton Gunn, son
of Detroit, and WAYNE RAYMOND
of Mr. and Mrs.
GUNTHER, son of Mr. and Mrs. RayClaude W. Gunn of
mond Gunther of Wilton, Conn., were
Colonial
Heights,
united in marriage in the Messiah MethVa., is announced
odist Church, Detroit, Dec. 10, 1966. The
by
her
parents,
fath er of the bride read the doubleRev. and Mrs. Burring ceremony assisted by Rev. Wayne
dette S. Clark of
McArthur of Roselle, Ill., a nephew of
the Detroit JefMrs. Clark. Attending the bride were
Avenu e
ferson
Adelle Clarl<, her s ister, as maid of
Church. A 1970
honor; Fra nces Carusone of South N~r
graduate of Wayne
wall<, Conn., Dawn Boyd and J amce
1\'liss Clark
State
University
Peter son of Taylor Univers ity, Upland, and a teach er of visually handicapped
Ind., bridesmaids. Brian Gun t her, children in Washington, D. C., Miss Clark
brother of the groom, was best man,
lives in Falls Church, Va., where the wedwith John Herrold and Gerald Garbarino
ding will take place March 4 in the Cuiof Detroit and Robert Beshoa r of Plainmore United Methodist Church. Mr. Gu nn
field, Ill., acting as ushers. Barbara and
of Alexandria, Va., is a science writer and
Betty Beshoar were candlelighters;
editor for the Arctic Institute of North
Wendi McArthur, flower girl ; a nd
America which has offices in Montreal
Chris McArthur, ring bearer. Mrs.
and Ottawa, Canada, and ~ashing~o~,
W ayne McArthur was soloist, accompanD . C. They plan to make the•r home m
ied by Mrs. Leo Demski at the organ.
Falls Church.
A reception was held in t he church
parlor and later a buffet dinner was
ser ved in the Fellowship Hall to the
wedding party, relatives, and out-.oftown guests. The Gunthers are makm.g
t heir home near the McClellan A1
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Force Base in Sacramento, Calif., afte " My Peace I Give to You .
a trip to Indiana. Mr. Gunther ha s rE
cently r eturned from Turkey where h
RK
erved with the Air Force for 18 month: REV· BURDETTE SA~FO~ CLA
,
s
70, of St. Petersburg, Flon da, dted February
25. He was bo rn in Bridgeport, Conn., and
served as pastor of many Michigan Methodist churches, including Houghton Lake, N .
Muskegon, Dowagiac, Centerville, Nottawa,
Henderson and Chapin. In Detroit he served
the Messiah, Faith-Oak Park, and Jefferson
Ave. churches. He retired in 1975 from the
Detroit Annual Conference. Survi vors include his wife, Alice W.; two daughters,
Rosemary J. Gunther, St. P etersburg, and
Adelle C. Gunn, Falls C hurch , Va.; a sister,
Ruth C. Mell, Tem ecula, Calif. , and three
grandchildren. Funeral services were held at
Christ UMC, St. Petersburg, with Dr.
Willia m W. Roughton officia ting. Two
memorial funds have been established to help
young ministers, one at Garrett Seminary,
Evanston , Ill., a nd the other through the
fa mily church, C hrist United Methodist
C hurch, 467 First Ave., No ., St. Petersburg,
FL 33701.
MUt - if/rl s1
MRS . ALICE W. CLARK, 82, widow of
the late Rev. Burdette S. Cl ark, died Nov.
12, 1987, in the Hospice of Northern
Virginia at Ar lington after a massive
"'~~~ ..;~ h eJwael8 o rrnl SE!_pJe 9 ,<>1 ~~ e
Rev. Georg e Washington Green, a
Methodist circu it rider , and Lydia .Green.
She graduated from high school in Anderson , IN, in 1923. She then graduated from
the Progressive Seri es Music College of
Washington University and taught at a
conservatory of music in St. · Louis for
several years . She also served as a
church organist there . She married the
Rev. Clark in Indianapolis on ~an : 1, 1942.
After serving in Michigan and Connecticut,
he transferred to the Detroit Conference
in 1964. They served many churches , including North Muskegon, Centreville,
Henderson and Chapin charge, Messiah
UMC , Detroit, and Faith UMC , Oak Park.
He retired from Jefferson Ave. UMC ,
Detroit in 1976. They moved to St.
Petersburg, FL. Rev. Clark died on Feb.
25, 1981 . Alice leaves daughters Adelle C.
Gunn and Rosemary J. Bird, and other
relatives. Funeral services were h~ld in
Alexandria, VA, on Nov. 16, 1987~$
nev. Burdette Clark, retired, died
Feb. 26~ 1981.
Funeral Hom:?:
Anderson-f.1cQueen
i2oi -: 9th s ·t.
St. Pete rsburg, Fla .
Funeral Mondayv Ha:L'ch 2, J981.
Mrs. Burdette Clark resides a~
1 310 - 13th st. N.
St. Petersburg, F l a.
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Clark, Burdette S.