Karen Rae Clark

Karen lived a life of dedication to Christ, her husband," Ronnie" and her family. She had the gift of encouragement and made her family and friends feel uplifted and loved on a daily basis with her calls, texts and emails.

Karen had a strong work ethic and was an outstanding bookkeeper. She worked for various companies since high school, but worked for many years as a bookkeeper for Valley Industrial and for their own company, Clark Meat Company and then worked for Katherine B Alves CPA for over 20 years.

She was invited to the Church of Christ as a teenager and formed life long friendships through the Church. It was there that she began dating Ron Clark. They were sweethearts during their teen years and were married August 11, 1958. Karen and Ron enjoyed 67 years of marriage. Life was always fun and included motorcycle riding, softball games, water skiing and going to countless baseball and football games.

In retirement Karen enjoyed watching the grandchildren in sports or cheerleading and rarely missed an event. She loved her grandchildren and great grandchildren with her whole heart.

Karen is survived by her husband, Ronald Clark, daughter, Paige Solberg and her spouse Eric, son, Joe Clark, granddaughters, Erica Foster and her spouse Micah, Kelly Karraker and her spouse Mitch, grandsons, Ryan Clark and his spouse MacKenzie, Bobby Clark and his spouse Bryce, and seven great grandchildren, Josiah, Brynn, Eli, Ella, Nora, Sophie and Weston. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ray and Dolores Reese and her two brothers Robert Reese and Frank Reese.