Margaret Clark
June 27th, 1925 - October 7th, 2025
Ryan Mortuary
June 27, 1925 - October 7, 2025
Margaret Genevieve (Margene) Clark, was born June 27, 1925, in Kansas City,
Missouri, and died October 7, 2025, in Salina, Kansas at 100 years of age.
Visitation will be from 4-8 pm. on Friday, October 10, 2025, at Ryan Mortuary,
Salina, KS, where friends may call. A rosary will begin at 6:00 pm. On Saturday,
October 11, 2025, Mass will be said at 10:00 am. at St. Mary's Queen of the
Universe Catholic Church, Salina KS. Burial will be at 1:30 pm at St. Patrick's
Catholic Cemetery, 9155 Elk Creek Road, Manhattan, KS.
Margene raised eight children. She managed this while Harris continued his Navy
service and traveled for his airplane sales job. She enjoyed sewing and made
many clothes for her children. She attended innumerable sporting events,
concerts and performances. She enjoyed her large family and was happiest when
the house was full and loud. Ironically, Margene's voice was not loud, and you
had to lean in to hear her soft voice. She ran a tight ship at home and her
children learned valuable life skills from her efforts. Margene made sure that
experiences like camping, card and board games and travel were part of her
family's life. She listened and helped her children even into adulthood willing
to be a sounding board. They always felt better for having spent time with her.
Her wonderful smile and quick wit concerning all aspects of her children's
presentation - shoe choices, hair styles, and attire were interactions she
continued to the end; she was very observant.
Her early life was spent mostly in Manhattan, Kansas with lots of family. She
reminisced often about roller skating with her older sister down Vattier Street
from Anderson Hall on KSU campus, and walking to Monsignor Lucky school. As
adults, she and her two sisters would plan trips to restaurants throughout
Kansas to try out the cinnamon rolls and onion rings.
She attended Marymount College majoring in Education. She worked at the Salina
Clinic and was the office manager for the medical office, Harris, Hodges and
Marshall in Salina.
Margene will be remembered as a kind, gracious woman who gave tirelessly to
serve others. She was a member of St. Mary's Church and had a strong faith life.
She led the rosary, was a Eucharistic minister serving Communion to homebound
parishioners, helping with funeral services, folding bulletins, cleaning the
church, ironing altar linens and much more. She often attended daily Mass and
when she couldn't attend in person any longer, she participated virtually. A
highlight of her life would certainly have been her trips with her sister Mary
and the church to Lourdes, Rome, and Medjugorje.
In 2007, Harris and Margene Clark were granted the Kansas Bankers Association
Award for Soil Conservation for their pasture management efforts. In addition to
being an amazing mom, she was also a farmhand fixing fence alongside dad at
Windy Hill, and when dad wanted to take off in his prized Bonanza, she was happy
to be his faithful navigator.
Margene married Harris K. Clark on December 26, 1946. Harris preceded her in
death in December of 2015. They were together for nearly 70 years. Margene is
survived by her children: Theresa (Maure) Weigel, Brookville, KS, Ann M. Clark,
Denver, CO, Timothy J. (Lorna) Clark, Alta Vista, KS, Kathy (Jerry) Finan,
Salina, KS, Shawna (Gene) Millentree, Kansas City, MO, Julie M. Clark (David
Bosley), Wheat Ridge, CO. She is also survived by 16 grandchildren, and 18
great-grandchildren.
Preceding her in death were her husband, Harris Kendall Clark; sons, Richard
Patrick Clark (1973), and Kendall Harris Clark (2021); parents, Bernard
Sebastian Farrell and Marie Sarah Glenn Farrell; siblings, B. Glenn Farrell,
Mary Arnold, Beverly Weaver, and James T. Farrell and three grandchildren, Genna
Millentree (1993), Spencer Clark (2017), and Kelli Millentree (2020).
Memorials are suggested to St. Mary Queen of the Universe Catholic Church,
Salina, KS, Down Syndrome Innovations in Mission, KS, at kcdsi.org, or to an
organization of your choice.
Publication date: October 10th, 2025