ROCHESTER – Former Fulton County Sheriff Willard Lloyd Clark, 94, died at his Lake Manitou home at 5:20 p.m. Aug. 27, 2019.
He was born Sept. 2, 1924, in North Judson, to Leonard and Freeda Lemke Clark.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army, 78th Lightning Infantry Division, before high school graduation. He survived the Battle of the Rhineland and the Ardennes, achieving the rank of SGT squad leader and earning two bronze battle stars and a combat infantryman's badge.
He married Pauline Evelyn Salathe on Feb. 3, 1946.
Viewing will be from 10 a.m. to noon EST Friday, Aug. 30 at Good Family Funeral Home, Rochester, with services to follow at noon. Chaplain Todd Wilson will officiate. Military services will be accorded by the Fulton County Veteran's Honor Guard and the United States Army.
Interment will be in Highland Cemetery, North Judson, at 1 p.m. CST.
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Memorials to the Fulton County K-9 Corps; Kindred Hospice; or Fulton County Transpo, with envelopes available at the funeral home.
Online expressions of sympathy may be made to Willard's family at www.goodfamilyfh.com.
