Portrait of Garry Gene Clark
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In loving memory of

Garry Gene Clark

September 17, 1945 – February 4, 2022
Lived 76 years
Hecla Cemetery · Hecla, South Dakota
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Life story

Garry Gene Clark was born September 17, 1945, to Donald Clark and Doris Lahman-Hansen in Hecla, SD. He enlisted into the Army in 1964 and did one tour in the Vietnam War and was honorably discharged in 1966.

Garry married Jean Patricia Clark on January 22, 1969. Together they had three children; Michael, Melissa, and Michelle. For many years construction, maintenance, and pest control were his professions in the Hecla and Aberdeen area. His family was the most important thing to him. Garry was known as a hardworking, big-hearted, and jolly man albeit stubborn sometimes.

Garry enjoyed hunting and fishing. He enjoyed spending time with his family and friends. Garry will be remembered for being a loving husband, a great father, a generous grandfather, a caring great-grandfather, and an unforgettable friend. He will be dearly missed by his family and his many friends.

Grateful for sharing Garry’s life is his wife of 53 years Jean Clark of Barnard, SD; two daughters: Melissa Clark of Hot Springs, SD and Michelle Glaser of Aberdeen, SD; his brother Jim of Dallas, TX; his three half-sisters: Terry, Kathy, and Arlene; his uncle Vern Lahman of Spokane, WA; his cousin Marvin Anderson of Las Vegas, NV; four sisters-in-law: Jane, Betty, Marge, and Janice; his grandchildren: Alex Glaser, Sebastian Hammel, Jordan Glaser, Brandon Glaser, Courtney Glaser, Talyn Dodd, and Onalea Dodd; his great-grandchildren: Aiden, Skylar, Mackenzie, Silas, Mia, and Grayson; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his brothers: Dennis and Ricky Clark; his sister Connie Luma; his son Michael; his daughter Christine; and his fallen friends and brothers in arms.

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The world Garry knew

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1945
Born September 17
1947
Garry was 2 when Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier
1958
Garry was 13 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1962
Garry was 17 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1976
Garry was 31 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1982
Garry was 37 when Michael Jackson released "Thriller"
1998
Garry was 53 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2004
Garry was 59 when Facebook was launched
2015
Garry was 70 when "Hamilton" opened on Broadway
2020
Garry was 75 when SpaceX launched astronauts into orbit for the first time
2022
Passed away February 4, age 76
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