Funeral services for Nancy Lou Myhre Clark, age 85 of Ruston, LA, will be held at 10:00 AM, Friday, November 29, 2024 at Owens Memorial Chapel in Ruston with Rev. Andy Allred and daughter-in-law, Alice Clark officiating. A private burial will follow in the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Ruston under the direction of Owens Memorial Chapel Funeral Home of Ruston, LA.
Nancy Lou Myhre Clark was born in Little Fork Village, Minnesota, on April 12, 1939, to Ella Mae and Floyd Myhre and passed away from this life into the arms of her Heavenly Father on November 25, 2024, at the age of 85 years. Her family eventually moved to Coquille, Oregon, where Nancy graduated from high school. She furthered her education in Portland, Oregon, attending and graduating from business school and then found a job working in the downtown area. She proudly told the story of working to purchase her own wedding gown.
Nancy married the love of her life, Paul Clark, in Milwaukie, Oregon, on February 24, 1961. They built a life together and grew their family, adding two sons. The family moved to Ruston in 1972. Nancy was a devoted wife and mother and enjoyed working part-time as a bookkeeper when her boys were in school. She continued her family devotion by moving her parents and sister to Ruston to care for them in the early 1980s. After the passing of her parents, she became the sole caregiver for her sister, Sally, until her death in March, 2023.
Nancy came to know Jesus as her Lord and Savior at a young age. She enjoyed being active in a church community group with her sister-in-love Artie Clark whom she greatly respected for her knowledge of the Bible, and she treasured the time they spent together, studying the Word of God.
She was a devoted grandmother, and her grandchildren will cherish their memories of her as a quiet, loving person they fondly called “Mammaw.” They, along with the rest of the family, will always remember how she loved to cook and bake for them and how she became quietly “famous” for her pecan pies and divinity candy.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a brother (Gary) and her sister (Sally). Left to cherish her memory are her sons, Tim (Alice) and Todd (Penny), her grandchildren, Ryan Clark (Sarah) and Hannah Wallace (Daniel) and Crystal Clark, as well as great grandchildren Ava Kate Wallace and Connor Paul Wallace and her fur baby, Maggie.
Proverbs 31: 27-30
27 She looks well to the ways of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children rise up and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
29 “Many women have done excellently,
but you surpass them all.”
30 Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
Visitation will be from 9:00-10:00 AM, Friday, November 29, 2024 at Owens Memorial Chapel.
