Fred Clark

Frederick Winslow Clark, one of two sons of Franklin T. Clark and Katharine (Conger) Clark, was born April 26, 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fred grew up in Germantown, PA where he graduated from Penn Charter High School. He graduated from Harvard University in 1942 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. He enlisted in the U. S. Army Air Corps and completed bomber pilot school where he trained to fly the B-17 flying fortress bomber. Fred was assigned to 8th Air Force, 401 Bomb Group stationed in Deenethorpe, England. He flew many missions over Germany and occupied Europe earning the rank of Second Lieutenant. Following W.W. II, Fred traveled to France to see the places he had been bombing and met Rosalie Lucile Smith of Macedonia, IA, who was in France to teach war orphans.
Fred and Rosalie were married in Omaha, Nebraska on January 24, 1950. Fred and Rosalie moved to Helena, Montana where Fred worked as a radio station announcer and engineer. Their marriage was blessed with the birth of a son Lowell. The young family soon moved to Greeley, Colorado where Fred continued his radio career. They were blessed with another son, Neil who completed the family. They returned to Omaha where Fred wrote radio script and attended the University of Nebraska earning a Master's Degree in Business in 1958.
Fred accepted a position as an economist for Empire Trust Company in New York City and the family lived in Princeton, New Jersey until 1970 when they moved to Palm Beach, Florida. Fred became Senior Vice-President and head of the Trust Department for the First National Bank. In Palm Beach, Fred was a member of Colonial Wars, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Pundits. Fred retired in 1986 and he and Rosalie returned to her family farm at Macedonia, Iowa in 1994. Fred enjoyed the rural Iowa life and became a member of the Carson, Iowa Coral Masonic Lodge No. 430, the Ruby Smith American Legion Post in Macedonia, and the Macedonia United Methodist Church. He was the author of two books, "On the Edge of Survival" which is about his World War II experiences and "E.W. Clark and Company", a history of his family in America. Fred's other enjoyments included history, reading, and model ship building.
Fred and Rosalie had been married 55 years when Fred died April 30, 2005 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Fred was preceded in death by his parents and brother Rev. Bayard Clark. He is survived by his wife Rosalie; sons, Dr. Lowell Clark and wife Elizabeth of Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida, Neil Clark and wife Melia of Atlantic, Iowa; grandchildren Christina, Katherine, Edward, Molly, and Katlyn; nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends.