BARBARA CLARK was born in East Palo Alto, California on March 16, 1931 to Bert and Clara Richards. She attended Ravenswood Grammar School and graduated from Sequoia High School in 1949.
(L) to (R) Barbara Clark receives the Ira Davis Memorial "VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR" Award Feb. 14, 2000 from Phil Kurokawa & Jim Blank
She met Clyde Clark, EN 1 USN in November 1949, engaged in November 1949 and married on June 17, 1950. Son David born in February 1951, son Glenn born March 1958 and son Bert born January 1962. Clyde retired as Chief Engineman having served the last five years of his service in Submarine Service.
We returned to East Palo Alto and built the home I live in now. During those years I became involved in School PTA work, joined Community Association For Retarded, joined P.A.R.C.A./Special Olympics becoming the lunch coordinator with 2000 people to feed for 25 years for the Field and Track event held once a year. I joined the California Federated Woman's of East Palo Alto and later joined the Redwood City Club. Clyde joined the Veterans of Foreign Wars and I became a member of the Auxiliary Post 2310. I have been a member of the East Palo Alto Grange for 29 years. In 1993 Clyde founded the Veterans Employment Committee of San Mateo County and I became a charter member. The positions I hold at present are President VFW post 2310/Auxiliary, Chaplain for VFW District 12 Auxiliary, First Vice President for California Federated Woman's Club Past Presidents and Board Alumnae, Treasurer for California Federated Woman's Club of Redwood City, Correspondence Secretary for the Veterans Employment Committee of San Mateo County and member of East Palo Alto Grange #409. In November of 1996, 47 years to the day that he proposed, I lost my life's partner.
