Shirley J. Clark

Dear Mom,

Eleven years have passed since you left us. So much has happened in the family in the last 11 years, but you know that. Susie has already picked the place this year to celebrate your birthday with a nice sundae - she even picked out the perfect dessert. Tommy loves celebrating Great Grams birthday. Tommy often says to me, "Framma, I wish I could see Great Gram and Grandad Chic. I bet they would really like playing with me." I just wanted you to know how much I miss you and...

Dear Mom,

Four years have certainly flown by. Right now we are having our first true beautiful spring day. My windows are open, the lilacs are beginning to bud, and I know, if you were still around, you would be getting ready to get the "bulldozer" out to clean out the family room.

What a wonderful 2009 we had, welcoming your first Great-Grandchild, a little boy named Thomas Michael Schreiner. I know you wanted the Clark name to be carried on, but Susie and Phil just...

My Personal Thoughts of Gram
Read at Shirley Clark’s Funeral at Knollwood Cemetery
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
By Susan Bartkiewicz Schreiner

I guess I’ve been tasked with telling you a bit about my grandmother, Shirley Jean Clark Clark – no, that’s not a typo, despite what my computer tells me. As far as the outside world knew, she was a “fun”-loving, wife, mother, sister, aunt, and grandmother. But there was a person that only her family got to see – one known to me as...

Dear Mom,

It is hard to believe it has almost been a year since you left us. My how I miss you! It is still so hard for me not to be able to pick up the phone and tell you something exciting that happened to me or someone in the family. I am sure you were happy to see Freeda and Da again, and I bet you were really surprised to see Aunt Jan join the three of you in December. Bob and I just sit in amazement at times trying to figure out how we lost three parents within six months of one...