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V. Dexter Clark 1923-2007

TUCSON, Ariz. - V. Dexter Clark, 83, former resident of Stevensville, died at his home in Tucson, Ariz., on Wednesday, March 14, 2007, following a long battle with acute leukemia. He was surrounded by his family at the time of his death.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Earldean Hendrickson, in 1990, and his parents, Verne E. and Ora Loretta Plummer Clark.

Dexter was a World War II Army veteran and a member of the Stevensville Masonic Lodge No. 28 and American Legion Post No. 94, also of Stevensville.

He graduated from Power High School in 1942. He loved sports, especially baseball, basketball and golf. He also enjoyed hunting, fishing, horses, mules and packing, snowmobiling, shooting pool and trapshooting. He had a boys' ranch in Potomac, and worked several construction jobs in the Bitterroot Valley and in Lincoln.

Dexter is survived by his wife Beth of Tucson; son James Earl (Helen) Clark of Lolo; and daughters Judy Gail (Jim) McConnell of Garrison, Barbara Jo (Bill) Everson of Hall and Verna Marie (Scotty) Scott of Corvallis. Also surviving is a sister, Maxine Johnson, White Sulphur Springs; 11 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren; and two stepsons, Kim and Carol Sibert, Missoula, and Gary and Sherry Sibert, Michigan; and three step-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at the Whitesitt Funeral Home in Stevensville on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at 2 p.m., with Masonic Lodge No. 28 Ritulistic Rites. Burial will follow at Carlton Cemetery in Florence, with American Legion Post No. 94 providing military honors.

A reception will be at the Masonic Lodge in Stevensville.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday with family present.
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