Fidelia Ana (Wilkins) Clark |
| Posted 2008-10-21 by Edward Peed |
| Fidelia Ana (Phil) Clark, 82, passed away at her home, Jan. 11. She was born June 9, 1919, in Tucson and was a graduate of Tucson High School. From an early age, she loved life and entertained friends by playing the piano and singing songs of the era and her mother, Anita Wilkins, was a prominent businesswoman in the 1930s and 40s in Tucson. It was not until she met a young cowboy from Mammoth that she found her lifelong love. In 1941, she married the cowboy, Charles F. Clark, from a pioneering ranching family to spend the rest of her life with him. With the outbreak of World War II, her husband became a member of the 82nd Airborne and traveled to the European Theater for the war campaign. During his absence, her energies moved her to enroll in beauty school. Upon completion and after a short training period, she opened her own shop, Phil’s Beauty Shop. Success was the reward for her energies. When her husband returned at the conclusion of WWII, she continued working helping to put him through electrical school. On June 2, 1947, they had their only child, Charles W. Clark. She soon returned to her shop and customers. Then, in 1957, her husband went to Ilo Peru, South America, to work in the development of a new mine and smelter. She and her son would soon follow and remain for two years. Upon returning to Arizona and living in Tucson for a brief period, they built their home in Mammoth. Her husband assumed the supervision and later ownership of Fred L. Clark Trucking Company. Through the years, they became engrained in the Tri-Community establishing friendships that would last throughout their lives. During that period, two grandsons were born, Brady and Garrett. In 1984, their son and his wife returned to the community to assist in the operations of the trucking company. On Nov. 6, 1997, her heart was broken by the death of her husband and never totally recovered. Besides good health and good fortune for her family, she had but two wishes: to die peacefully in her home and to be with her husband. Our heartfelt thanks to our family and friends for your love and support and a special thank to Carolina, Jannette and her dear friend, Sue, who were by her side constantly. |
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