Barbara Castle Jordan Clark, who grew up with four siblings and raised four children of her own in the western suburbs of Chicago, IL, died peacefully at her last residence in Burlington, WA, on January 22, 2015, at the age of 97. Her eldest child, William Henry Clark, II (1942–2015) of Big Pine Key, FL, died less than two days after her. In her later years, Barbara resided with or near her children or her siblings in seven states: Florida (Sarasota and Palm Coast), Maryland (Bethesda), Illinois (Wheaton), Virginia (Springfield), New Jersey (Roosevelt), Oregon (Portland), and Washington (Burlington). Wherever she lived, Barbara joined or established book and bridge clubs. She enjoyed many close friendships and loved reading, antiques and fine art. All who knew Barbara will remember her comforting manner, endearing smile, sincere friendship, kind nature, and lasting beauty.
Born January 10, 1918, in Oak Park, IL, Barbara was the eldest child of William Ralph Jordan, Esq. (1887–1965) and Ina (Castle) Jordan (1888–1972). She lived in River Forest, IL until 1929, when she moved to the home her parents built on Cleveland Road, south of 55th Street, in Hinsdale, IL. Her mother graduated from Wellesley College in 1910. Her father, a Chicago attorney, developed The Woodlands of Hinsdale and founded the Hinsdale Community House and LaGrange Memorial (formerly Community Memorial General) Hospital.
After graduating in 1936 from Hinsdale High School, Barbara attended Beloit College, Rockford College and Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. During her 51-year marriage to the love of her life, the late Charles (sometimes “Chuck” or “Charlie”) Emanuel Clark (1918–1992), she and her first-born child endured numerous domicile changes as a World War II soldier’s and veteran’s spouse, including Chuck and she successfully dairy farming one year. As Chuck settled on a career in sales, they raised a brood of four at successive homes in Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills and Glen Ellyn, IL. After Chuck earned his pilot’s license, Barbara looked forward to their many flights together in the cockpits of two-seater airplanes.
Growing up, Barbara enjoyed summertime retreats with her family in WI and MI, and cross-country train rides to Santa Cruz, CA to visit her grandmother, Jessie (Dunlap) Castle. Barbara and Chuck kept a boat at his parents’ summer cottage in the Cedar Point Park enclave by the Williams Bay area of Wisconsin’s Lake Geneva. They explored the wild Ten Thousand Islands waterways of Florida on the boat with their children and, by themselves, enjoyed another adventurous boat trip — described by Barbara in a travel article published in the April 15, 1962 issue of the Chicago Tribune – from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic via the Caloosahatchee River, Lake Okeechobee and the St. Lucie Canal. The family also explored Door County, WI by land and water from a family cottage in Jacksonport on Lake Michigan.
Following her mother’s and grandmother’s example, Barbara joined the Daughters of the American Revolution as a descendant of Captain Phineas Castle of the Connecticut Militia and also counted among her direct ancestors three leading advocates of religious freedom in America: Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson and Mary Dyer. She served as co-chair of the Central DuPage Hospital Association Women’s Auxiliary in Illinois and also led fundraising efforts for the Community Nursing Service. She joined the Fine Arts Society in Sarasota, FL, and authored biographical summaries of artists featured by the Society in the Grand Foyer of the Van Wezel Performing Arts Center. She also volunteered as a docent at the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota.
Barbara was predeceased by her beloved husband, whom she married on September 17, 1941, in Kahoka, MO; her parents; her son Charles E. Clark, Jr. (1946–2013); her daughter-in-law, Linda (Lammers) Clark (1949–1990); her son-in-law, JoDean Morrow, Jr. (1951-1984); her grandson, David Ray Clark (1969–1998); her brother, William R. Jordan, Jr., Esq. (1919–1991); her sister, Carolyn (Jordan) Doering (1920–2013); her brother-in-law, Henry Hans Doering, Jr. (1920–2008); her sisters-in-law, Jean (Pringle) Jordan (1924-2014) and Nancy (Brown) Jordan (1944-2002); and her parents-in-law, William Henry Clark (1889–1969) and Ida (Carlson) Clark (1892–1978).
Barbara is survived by her loving children, Robert Jordan Clark, Esq. (Maureen Reilly Clark) of Roosevelt, NJ; and Carolyn Morrow (Clark) Fiscus (Thomas J. Fiscus, Esq.) of Eastsound, WA; her brothers, Castle William Jordan, Esq. of Bradenton, FL; and Roger Percy Jordan (Linda Jordan) of Willowbrook, IL; six grandchildren, Shelley Clark Rousseau (John) of Seattle, WA; Jennifer Clark Appenzeller (Jeffrey) of Racine, WI; Michael J. Clark (Eva) of Naperville, IL; Ina A. Clark of Chicago, IL; JoDean Morrow, III, Esq. of Washington, DC; and Jessie (Morrow) Blevins (Justin) of Eastsound, WA; eight great-grandchildren, John and Emme Rousseau, Hailey and William Appenzeller, Dakota (Clark) Gutierrez, Emilie and Andrew Clark, and Zoe Blevins; two great-great grandchildren, Makayla and Kaleb Gutierrez; and her sister-in-law, Joy Jordan. Her ashes will be interred with those of her husband at Bronswood Cemetery in Oak Brook, Illinois.
Born January 10, 1918, in Oak Park, IL, Barbara was the eldest child of William Ralph Jordan, Esq. (1887–1965) and Ina (Castle) Jordan (1888–1972). She lived in River Forest, IL until 1929, when she moved to the home her parents built on Cleveland Road, south of 55th Street, in Hinsdale, IL. Her mother graduated from Wellesley College in 1910. Her father, a Chicago attorney, developed The Woodlands of Hinsdale and founded the Hinsdale Community House and LaGrange Memorial (formerly Community Memorial General) Hospital.
After graduating in 1936 from Hinsdale High School, Barbara attended Beloit College, Rockford College and Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. During her 51-year marriage to the love of her life, the late Charles (sometimes “Chuck” or “Charlie”) Emanuel Clark (1918–1992), she and her first-born child endured numerous domicile changes as a World War II soldier’s and veteran’s spouse, including Chuck and she successfully dairy farming one year. As Chuck settled on a career in sales, they raised a brood of four at successive homes in Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills and Glen Ellyn, IL. After Chuck earned his pilot’s license, Barbara looked forward to their many flights together in the cockpits of two-seater airplanes.
Growing up, Barbara enjoyed summertime retreats with her family in WI and MI, and cross-country train rides to Santa Cruz, CA to visit her grandmother, Jessie (Dunlap) Castle. Barbara and Chuck kept a boat at his parents’ summer cottage in the Cedar Point Park enclave by the Williams Bay area of Wisconsin’s Lake Geneva. They explored the wild Ten Thousand Islands waterways of Florida on the boat with their children and, by themselves, enjoyed another adventurous boat trip — described by Barbara in a travel article published in the April 15, 1962 issue of the Chicago Tribune – from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic via the Caloosahatchee River, Lake Okeechobee and the St. Lucie Canal. The family also explored Door County, WI by land and water from a family cottage in Jacksonport on Lake Michigan.
Following her mother’s and grandmother’s example, Barbara joined the Daughters of the American Revolution as a descendant of Captain Phineas Castle of the Connecticut Militia and also counted among her direct ancestors three leading advocates of religious freedom in America: Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson and Mary Dyer. She served as co-chair of the Central DuPage Hospital Association Women’s Auxiliary in Illinois and also led fundraising efforts for the Community Nursing Service. She joined the Fine Arts Society in Sarasota, FL, and authored biographical summaries of artists featured by the Society in the Grand Foyer of the Van Wezel Performing Arts Center. She also volunteered as a docent at the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota.
Barbara was predeceased by her beloved husband, whom she married on September 17, 1941, in Kahoka, MO; her parents; her son Charles E. Clark, Jr. (1946–2013); her daughter-in-law, Linda (Lammers) Clark (1949–1990); her son-in-law, JoDean Morrow, Jr. (1951-1984); her grandson, David Ray Clark (1969–1998); her brother, William R. Jordan, Jr., Esq. (1919–1991); her sister, Carolyn (Jordan) Doering (1920–2013); her brother-in-law, Henry Hans Doering, Jr. (1920–2008); her sisters-in-law, Jean (Pringle) Jordan (1924-2014) and Nancy (Brown) Jordan (1944-2002); and her parents-in-law, William Henry Clark (1889–1969) and Ida (Carlson) Clark (1892–1978).
Barbara is survived by her loving children, Robert Jordan Clark, Esq. (Maureen Reilly Clark) of Roosevelt, NJ; and Carolyn Morrow (Clark) Fiscus (Thomas J. Fiscus, Esq.) of Eastsound, WA; her brothers, Castle William Jordan, Esq. of Bradenton, FL; and Roger Percy Jordan (Linda Jordan) of Willowbrook, IL; six grandchildren, Shelley Clark Rousseau (John) of Seattle, WA; Jennifer Clark Appenzeller (Jeffrey) of Racine, WI; Michael J. Clark (Eva) of Naperville, IL; Ina A. Clark of Chicago, IL; JoDean Morrow, III, Esq. of Washington, DC; and Jessie (Morrow) Blevins (Justin) of Eastsound, WA; eight great-grandchildren, John and Emme Rousseau, Hailey and William Appenzeller, Dakota (Clark) Gutierrez, Emilie and Andrew Clark, and Zoe Blevins; two great-great grandchildren, Makayla and Kaleb Gutierrez; and her sister-in-law, Joy Jordan. Her ashes will be interred with those of her husband at Bronswood Cemetery in Oak Brook, Illinois.
Barbara Castle Jordan Clark, who grew up with four siblings and raised four children of her own in the western suburbs of Chicago, IL, died peacefully at her last residence in Burlington, WA, on January 22, 2015, at the age of 97. Her eldest child, William Henry Clark, II (1942–2015) of Big Pine Key, FL, died less than two days after her. In her later years, Barbara resided with or near her children or her siblings in seven states: Florida (Sarasota and Palm Coast), Maryland (Bethesda), Illinois (Wheaton), Virginia (Springfield), New Jersey (Roosevelt), Oregon (Portland), and Washington (Burlington). Wherever she lived, Barbara joined or established book and bridge clubs. She enjoyed many close friendships and loved reading, antiques and fine art. All who knew Barbara will remember her comforting manner, endearing smile, sincere friendship, kind nature, and lasting beauty.
Born January 10, 1918, in Oak Park, IL, Barbara was the eldest child of William Ralph Jordan, Esq. (1887–1965) and Ina (Castle) Jordan (1888–1972). She lived in River Forest, IL until 1929, when she moved to the home her parents built on Cleveland Road, south of 55th Street, in Hinsdale, IL. Her mother graduated from Wellesley College in 1910. Her father, a Chicago attorney, developed The Woodlands of Hinsdale and founded the Hinsdale Community House and LaGrange Memorial (formerly Community Memorial General) Hospital.
After graduating in 1936 from Hinsdale High School, Barbara attended Beloit College, Rockford College and Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. During her 51-year marriage to the love of her life, the late Charles (sometimes “Chuck” or “Charlie”) Emanuel Clark (1918–1992), she and her first-born child endured numerous domicile changes as a World War II soldier’s and veteran’s spouse, including Chuck and she successfully dairy farming one year. As Chuck settled on a career in sales, they raised a brood of four at successive homes in Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills and Glen Ellyn, IL. After Chuck earned his pilot’s license, Barbara looked forward to their many flights together in the cockpits of two-seater airplanes.
Growing up, Barbara enjoyed summertime retreats with her family in WI and MI, and cross-country train rides to Santa Cruz, CA to visit her grandmother, Jessie (Dunlap) Castle. Barbara and Chuck kept a boat at his parents’ summer cottage in the Cedar Point Park enclave by the Williams Bay area of Wisconsin’s Lake Geneva. They explored the wild Ten Thousand Islands waterways of Florida on the boat with their children and, by themselves, enjoyed another adventurous boat trip — described by Barbara in a travel article published in the April 15, 1962 issue of the Chicago Tribune – from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic via the Caloosahatchee River, Lake Okeechobee and the St. Lucie Canal. The family also explored Door County, WI by land and water from a family cottage in Jacksonport on Lake Michigan.
Following her mother’s and grandmother’s example, Barbara joined the Daughters of the American Revolution as a descendant of Captain Phineas Castle of the Connecticut Militia and also counted among her direct ancestors three leading advocates of religious freedom in America: Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson and Mary Dyer. She served as co-chair of the Central DuPage Hospital Association Women’s Auxiliary in Illinois and also led fundraising efforts for the Community Nursing Service. She joined the Fine Arts Society in Sarasota, FL, and authored biographical summaries of artists featured by the Society in the Grand Foyer of the Van Wezel Performing Arts Center. She also volunteered as a docent at the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota.
Barbara was predeceased by her beloved husband, whom she married on September 17, 1941, in Kahoka, MO; her parents; her son Charles E. Clark, Jr. (1946–2013); her daughter-in-law, Linda (Lammers) Clark (1949–1990); her son-in-law, JoDean Morrow, Jr. (1951-1984); her grandson, David Ray Clark (1969–1998); her brother, William R. Jordan, Jr., Esq. (1919–1991); her sister, Carolyn (Jordan) Doering (1920–2013); her brother-in-law, Henry Hans Doering, Jr. (1920–2008); her sisters-in-law, Jean (Pringle) Jordan (1924-2014) and Nancy (Brown) Jordan (1944-2002); and her parents-in-law, William Henry Clark (1889–1969) and Ida (Carlson) Clark (1892–1978).
Barbara is survived by her loving children, Robert Jordan Clark, Esq. (Maureen Reilly Clark) of Roosevelt, NJ; and Carolyn Morrow (Clark) Fiscus (Thomas J. Fiscus, Esq.) of Eastsound, WA; her brothers, Castle William Jordan, Esq. of Bradenton, FL; and Roger Percy Jordan (Linda Jordan) of Willowbrook, IL; six grandchildren, Shelley Clark Rousseau (John) of Seattle, WA; Jennifer Clark Appenzeller (Jeffrey) of Racine, WI; Michael J. Clark (Eva) of Naperville, IL; Ina A. Clark of Chicago, IL; JoDean Morrow, III, Esq. of Washington, DC; and Jessie (Morrow) Blevins (Justin) of Eastsound, WA; eight great-grandchildren, John and Emme Rousseau, Hailey and William Appenzeller, Dakota (Clark) Gutierrez, Emilie and Andrew Clark, and Zoe Blevins; two great-great grandchildren, Makayla and Kaleb Gutierrez; and her sister-in-law, Joy Jordan. Her ashes will be interred with those of her husband at Bronswood Cemetery in Oak Brook, Illinois.
Born January 10, 1918, in Oak Park, IL, Barbara was the eldest child of William Ralph Jordan, Esq. (1887–1965) and Ina (Castle) Jordan (1888–1972). She lived in River Forest, IL until 1929, when she moved to the home her parents built on Cleveland Road, south of 55th Street, in Hinsdale, IL. Her mother graduated from Wellesley College in 1910. Her father, a Chicago attorney, developed The Woodlands of Hinsdale and founded the Hinsdale Community House and LaGrange Memorial (formerly Community Memorial General) Hospital.
After graduating in 1936 from Hinsdale High School, Barbara attended Beloit College, Rockford College and Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. During her 51-year marriage to the love of her life, the late Charles (sometimes “Chuck” or “Charlie”) Emanuel Clark (1918–1992), she and her first-born child endured numerous domicile changes as a World War II soldier’s and veteran’s spouse, including Chuck and she successfully dairy farming one year. As Chuck settled on a career in sales, they raised a brood of four at successive homes in Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills and Glen Ellyn, IL. After Chuck earned his pilot’s license, Barbara looked forward to their many flights together in the cockpits of two-seater airplanes.
Growing up, Barbara enjoyed summertime retreats with her family in WI and MI, and cross-country train rides to Santa Cruz, CA to visit her grandmother, Jessie (Dunlap) Castle. Barbara and Chuck kept a boat at his parents’ summer cottage in the Cedar Point Park enclave by the Williams Bay area of Wisconsin’s Lake Geneva. They explored the wild Ten Thousand Islands waterways of Florida on the boat with their children and, by themselves, enjoyed another adventurous boat trip — described by Barbara in a travel article published in the April 15, 1962 issue of the Chicago Tribune – from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic via the Caloosahatchee River, Lake Okeechobee and the St. Lucie Canal. The family also explored Door County, WI by land and water from a family cottage in Jacksonport on Lake Michigan.
Following her mother’s and grandmother’s example, Barbara joined the Daughters of the American Revolution as a descendant of Captain Phineas Castle of the Connecticut Militia and also counted among her direct ancestors three leading advocates of religious freedom in America: Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson and Mary Dyer. She served as co-chair of the Central DuPage Hospital Association Women’s Auxiliary in Illinois and also led fundraising efforts for the Community Nursing Service. She joined the Fine Arts Society in Sarasota, FL, and authored biographical summaries of artists featured by the Society in the Grand Foyer of the Van Wezel Performing Arts Center. She also volunteered as a docent at the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota.
Barbara was predeceased by her beloved husband, whom she married on September 17, 1941, in Kahoka, MO; her parents; her son Charles E. Clark, Jr. (1946–2013); her daughter-in-law, Linda (Lammers) Clark (1949–1990); her son-in-law, JoDean Morrow, Jr. (1951-1984); her grandson, David Ray Clark (1969–1998); her brother, William R. Jordan, Jr., Esq. (1919–1991); her sister, Carolyn (Jordan) Doering (1920–2013); her brother-in-law, Henry Hans Doering, Jr. (1920–2008); her sisters-in-law, Jean (Pringle) Jordan (1924-2014) and Nancy (Brown) Jordan (1944-2002); and her parents-in-law, William Henry Clark (1889–1969) and Ida (Carlson) Clark (1892–1978).
Barbara is survived by her loving children, Robert Jordan Clark, Esq. (Maureen Reilly Clark) of Roosevelt, NJ; and Carolyn Morrow (Clark) Fiscus (Thomas J. Fiscus, Esq.) of Eastsound, WA; her brothers, Castle William Jordan, Esq. of Bradenton, FL; and Roger Percy Jordan (Linda Jordan) of Willowbrook, IL; six grandchildren, Shelley Clark Rousseau (John) of Seattle, WA; Jennifer Clark Appenzeller (Jeffrey) of Racine, WI; Michael J. Clark (Eva) of Naperville, IL; Ina A. Clark of Chicago, IL; JoDean Morrow, III, Esq. of Washington, DC; and Jessie (Morrow) Blevins (Justin) of Eastsound, WA; eight great-grandchildren, John and Emme Rousseau, Hailey and William Appenzeller, Dakota (Clark) Gutierrez, Emilie and Andrew Clark, and Zoe Blevins; two great-great grandchildren, Makayla and Kaleb Gutierrez; and her sister-in-law, Joy Jordan. Her ashes will be interred with those of her husband at Bronswood Cemetery in Oak Brook, Illinois.
