Larned - Michael Don Clark Sr., 76, departed March 14, 2016 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned, Kansas survived by Kitty Ann Shepherd Clark.

On July 14, 1956 he married Kitty Ann Shepherd in the Escue Chapel in Larned, Kansas.

Other survivors include; two sons, Michael D. Clark Jr, (wife Rene) Larned, Kansas. Cecil D. Clark, (wife Bernadine), Lake View Terrace, California; four daughters, Denise A. Clark- Shellman, Katy, Texas; Lois E. Cephus, (husband F. Cee), Dodge City,Kansas, Brenda I. Tyler, (husband Pastor Steven), Wichita, Kansas and Linda R. Upshaw, Seattle,Washington; three brothers, Wayne Clark, Wichita, Kansas, Ronnie Clark and James Collins III (Diane), both of Arizona; a sister, Inez Collins, Orlando, Florida; fifteen grandchildren and twenty three great grandchildren.

He was born October 8, 1939 in Larned, Kansas the son of Richard Edward and Mildred Inez Williams Clark. A lifetime area resident; he was a car salesman and the KING of BBQ.

He was a member of the Escue Chapel, Larned and the Larned Mens Club; he loved cars, bbq, traveling and visiting with people, he knew no strangers. He loved his family and most of all his grandchildren, they meant the world to him.

He was preceded in death by; two sisters, Charlotte Hines and Charlene Caro.

Memorial service will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Beckwith Mortuary Chapel with Pastor Steven Tyler presiding. Cremation has taken place.

In Lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to The Escue Chapel, in care of Beckwith Mortuary, P.O. Box 477, Larned, KS 67550. Personal condolences may be left at www.beckwithmortuary.com.