Hazel Clark

Winston-Salem, NC March 22, 2007 11:47 am

— Hazel Clark, 82, died March 17, 2007, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem after an extended battle with cardiac disease. To the end, her warm, loving spirit and deep faith persisted even as her heart could not.
She was born Hazel Florence Quick May 6, 1924, in Jamestown, N.D., to Warren R. Quick and Agnes McDonald Neil Quick.
In 1939 her family moved to Howell, Mich., where she graduated from high school and lived most of the rest of her life.
After a year of study at the Salvation Army Training College in Chicago, she married Ransom Chester Clark in 1943. They resided near Howell and had two children, Douglas and Thomas.
Following Chester’s death in 1972, Hazel was married briefly in the 1970s to Ernest Runyion of Howell and in the 1980s to Henry R. Cernota of Cicero, Ill. Living briefly in Cicero, as well as in Rialto, Calif. and Denton, Tx., her final move from Michigan was to Winston-Salem in December 2006, residing at Brighton Gardens assisted care community.
Having worked as a secretary and bookkeeper in a credit bureau and a state hospital, Hazel was most dedicated to her final, longtime employment as parish secretary for St. Joseph Catholic Church in Howell, retiring in 1979. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Howell and a talented musician.
Hazel is survived by her son Douglas M. Clark and his wife Josie of Orange, Calif.; son Thomas S. Clark and his wife Elizabeth of Lewisville, N.
C.; five grandchildren, Jason Clark of Clever, Mo.; Ashley Clark Schimelman and her husband Paul Schimelman of San Marcos; Alexander Clark and his wife Marsha of Republic, Mo.; Alison Clark of Dallas; and Owen Clark of Dallas; and one great-grandchild, Natasha Rose Schimelman of San Marcos.
Arrangements included an informal visitation with Douglas, Thomas and Elizabeth Wednesday, March 21 at Vogler’s Funeral Home, 2951 Reynolda Road in Winston-Salem.
Interment at a later date to be announced will be at Lakeview Cemetery in rural Livingston County, Mich. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to: The Salvation Army (1255 Trade St., Winston-Salem NC 27101); or to the NCSA Foundation for music scholarships at the North Carolina School of the Arts (1533 S. Main St., Winston-Salem NC 27127).
Arrangements by Vogler & Sons Funeral Home, 2951 Reynolda Rd., Winston-Salem, NC., (336) 722-6106.