Saul Anderson Clark
1915 ~ 2007
Saul Anderson Clark, age 91, passed away peacefully August 25th at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on September 20, 1915 in Grantsville, Utah to George Sydney and Ethel Anderson Clark. Saul was a lifelong resident of Grantsville, Utah. He attended Grantsville High School where he played trumpet in the band and was a member of the football team. He attended the University of Utah for one year before serving on a mission in Toronto, Canada where he was assistant to the mission president for 9 months.
Saul proposed to his sweetheart, Agnes Barrus, in the mission home when she and his parents came to pick him up. Saul and Agnes were married in the Salt Lake Temple March 26, 1942. They were married for 60 years before she passed away in November, 2002. Saul served in Navy for 4 years during World War II, serving aboard the USS Bunker Hill. Saul and Agnes moved their family to Evanston, Wyoming in 1946 where, along with his father, they owned and ran a motel. He worked as an electrician for Hercules Powder Company for over 24 years.
The LDS Church was an important part of Saul's life. He served as Bishop, 1st Councilor to the Stake President, High counselor and Patriarch. He worked in the Temple for 18 years as a temple worker. He was a past president of the Utah Sons of the Pioneers. Saul was a friend to all who knew him and a true gentleman his entire life.
He was preceded in death by his wife; parents; and step-mother, Emma Frasier Clark; his brothers, Pratt Clark, Claude Clark; and sister, Bernice Brinton.
He is survived by his children, Eileen Clark, Paul Clark (Debbie), Dawna Walton (Michael), Marilyn Hale (Joel), Cynthia Atkinson (Ron); 27 grandchildren and 49 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Wednesday, August 29, 2007, 1:00 p.m. in the LDS Chapel at 81 North Church St. Grantsville, Utah, where friends may call from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Also at a visitation Tuesday evening at Tate Mortuary, 110 So. Main, Tooele, Utah. Interment in the Grantsville City Cemetery.