Lillian Carole (Inman) Clark
Marriages
John D. Clark - December 21, 1955
Obituaries
The Daily Sentinel page 10C - December 25, 2022
Mom passed peacefully
from this world on the
morning of December 13,
2022. Lillian was born on
February 4, 1937 in Stark,
Kansas to Grant Inman
and Elsie Mae Howard
Inman.
Mom grew up in Grand Junction, attending local
schools. She graduated from Grand Junction High
School in 1955. She was the youngest of ten children
born to Grant and Elsie.
In the spring of 1955, she met SSgt. John D. Clark
and they were married on December 21, 1955. They
lived the military life for 27 years, living in Oklahoma,
California, England, Maine, Washington and New York
before they retired in Cedaredge, Colorado in 1978.
They moved to Fruita in 1982.
Mom and dad were the very proud parents of four
children; Cheryl (Walt) Bruehl, Teresa Clark, John
Clark (Dawn) of Pensacola, Florida, and Jim Clark
of Castle Rock, Colorado. They were blessed with six
grandchildren; Jenny Fitts, Michael Clark, Adam and
Chris Bruehl, Lynsey and Kaylyn Clark. Mom was later
blessed with six great grandchildren; Sage and Bailey
Fitts, Kellan, Camden and Ava Grace Clark, and Riley
Bruehl, all of whom she loved very much.
Mom was preceded in death by her husband of
39 years, John, and her brothers; Howard, Kenny,
Arthur, Gene, Dean, Donald and David Inman and her
sister, Phyllis Coley. She is survived by her children,
grandchildren and her sister Enith Bergstrom.
Services and celebration of mom’s life will be held at
10:30 a.m. on February 4, 2023, at the Orchard Mesa
Baptist Church, followed by a luncheon at her home on
Orchard Mesa.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may
be shared at www.callahan-edfast.com for the Clark
family.
