Donley D. Clark

Donley Duane "Don" Clark passed away at home with family on Monday, January 30, 2017 after a long battle with leukemia. A memorial service will be held 2:00 P.M., on Saturday, February 18th, at the Holbrook United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, located at the corners of South 5th and West Lewis streets. Refreshments will follow the service. Memorials are preferred to Livingston Meals on Wheels, PO Box 1603; Livingston, MT 59047. Donley was born ten miles north of Big Timber on July 28, 1932, according to his birth certificate. It was probably in the Cummings house on Otter Creek. Don said his Grandma Cummings attended the birth. He was raised on farms and ranches from Big Timber Canyon up through the Boulder, out at Glaston, up to near Harlowton, before moving to a place on Mill Creek in 1958 with his parents Harlan (Jim) and Edna Clark. It was here that he met Irene Lannen-they married and stayed on Mill Creek until 1995. They then moved to the Shields Valley and semi-retired. Don and Irene had recently moved to Livingston to be near medical care. Don and Irene raised three children at Mill Creek-Duane (Nancy) Clark, (daughter Danielle Clark) of Livingston, Lanette (Bill) Pinkerton (daughter Cora Clark-Frazier (Travis) and her daughter Payton Frazier) of Sheridan, Wyoming, and Elaine (Lee) Fahrenbruch of Livingston. Don has an older brother, Rae Clark (Carol) and a younger sister, Enid Kalberg (Stanley). Don loved family, friends, hunting, fishing and motorcycles along with all aspects of farm and ranch life. He loved hiking or motorcycling into Montana lakes to fish, taking rides on back country roads, and watching his grandchildren and great-granddaughter grow. Don was curious about everythingespecially after learning that granddaughter Dani could answer any question or find any old song on her phone for him. He enjoyed watching animals-winged or four-legged. He was always considering how machinery worked. He had a tremendous capacity to remember places, things, events and dates. Near the end, he was worried about his brothers and sisters health. If Don could get one point across to everyone, it would be "Go do it nowgo fishing, visiting, or travelling. A persons time is up way sooner than planned." We will miss him greatly.