Sister Mary Alma
Holt Pioneer,
Dies at Alliance
Sister Mary Alma, 79, the former Agnes Clark, daughter of a
pioneer family of Holt county,
died at St. Joseph hospital in Alliance January 29.
Funeral services with requiem
high Mass were conducted from
St. Joseph hospital in Alliance.
Burial was in Holy Sepulchre
cemetery there.
Sister Alma was a pioneer, born
in a soddy south of O'Neill,
January 14, 1882, and baptized in
the little frame church later re
placed by the present St.
Patrick's church. She was baptized by Father Smith, the first
resident pastor of the parish. Her
parents, Andrew Clark of Ireland
and Agnes Davidson Clark of
Dundee, Scotland, were homesteaders. Andrew "Andy" Clark
of O'Neill is her only immediate
survivor. Two sisters, Mina Clark
McCaffrey and Ella Clark, pre
ceded her in death.
Agnes Clark was the first
boarding student at St. Mary's
academy and a member of the
first graduating class in 1903. She
entered the Franciscan Order at
their motherhouse in Stella
Niagara, N. Y., in August, 1904.
She became Sister Mary Alma, a
professed Sister of St. Francis
in 1907. Sister Alma has served
the various houses of her Order
as a teacher and art instructor
since her profession. She earned
a bachelor of arts degree from
Creighton University in Omaha.
On two separate appointments
she was stationed at St. Mary's
here, the first being in 1933, and
the second 20 years later in 1953.
Sister Alma retired from teaching
less than a year ago
Holt Pioneer,
Dies at Alliance
Sister Mary Alma, 79, the former Agnes Clark, daughter of a
pioneer family of Holt county,
died at St. Joseph hospital in Alliance January 29.
Funeral services with requiem
high Mass were conducted from
St. Joseph hospital in Alliance.
Burial was in Holy Sepulchre
cemetery there.
Sister Alma was a pioneer, born
in a soddy south of O'Neill,
January 14, 1882, and baptized in
the little frame church later re
placed by the present St.
Patrick's church. She was baptized by Father Smith, the first
resident pastor of the parish. Her
parents, Andrew Clark of Ireland
and Agnes Davidson Clark of
Dundee, Scotland, were homesteaders. Andrew "Andy" Clark
of O'Neill is her only immediate
survivor. Two sisters, Mina Clark
McCaffrey and Ella Clark, pre
ceded her in death.
Agnes Clark was the first
boarding student at St. Mary's
academy and a member of the
first graduating class in 1903. She
entered the Franciscan Order at
their motherhouse in Stella
Niagara, N. Y., in August, 1904.
She became Sister Mary Alma, a
professed Sister of St. Francis
in 1907. Sister Alma has served
the various houses of her Order
as a teacher and art instructor
since her profession. She earned
a bachelor of arts degree from
Creighton University in Omaha.
On two separate appointments
she was stationed at St. Mary's
here, the first being in 1933, and
the second 20 years later in 1953.
Sister Alma retired from teaching
less than a year ago
Sister Mary Alma
Holt Pioneer,
Dies at Alliance
Sister Mary Alma, 79, the former Agnes Clark, daughter of a
pioneer family of Holt county,
died at St. Joseph hospital in Alliance January 29.
Funeral services with requiem
high Mass were conducted from
St. Joseph hospital in Alliance.
Burial was in Holy Sepulchre
cemetery there.
Sister Alma was a pioneer, born
in a soddy south of O'Neill,
January 14, 1882, and baptized in
the little frame church later re
placed by the present St.
Patrick's church. She was baptized by Father Smith, the first
resident pastor of the parish. Her
parents, Andrew Clark of Ireland
and Agnes Davidson Clark of
Dundee, Scotland, were homesteaders. Andrew "Andy" Clark
of O'Neill is her only immediate
survivor. Two sisters, Mina Clark
McCaffrey and Ella Clark, pre
ceded her in death.
Agnes Clark was the first
boarding student at St. Mary's
academy and a member of the
first graduating class in 1903. She
entered the Franciscan Order at
their motherhouse in Stella
Niagara, N. Y., in August, 1904.
She became Sister Mary Alma, a
professed Sister of St. Francis
in 1907. Sister Alma has served
the various houses of her Order
as a teacher and art instructor
since her profession. She earned
a bachelor of arts degree from
Creighton University in Omaha.
On two separate appointments
she was stationed at St. Mary's
here, the first being in 1933, and
the second 20 years later in 1953.
Sister Alma retired from teaching
less than a year ago
Holt Pioneer,
Dies at Alliance
Sister Mary Alma, 79, the former Agnes Clark, daughter of a
pioneer family of Holt county,
died at St. Joseph hospital in Alliance January 29.
Funeral services with requiem
high Mass were conducted from
St. Joseph hospital in Alliance.
Burial was in Holy Sepulchre
cemetery there.
Sister Alma was a pioneer, born
in a soddy south of O'Neill,
January 14, 1882, and baptized in
the little frame church later re
placed by the present St.
Patrick's church. She was baptized by Father Smith, the first
resident pastor of the parish. Her
parents, Andrew Clark of Ireland
and Agnes Davidson Clark of
Dundee, Scotland, were homesteaders. Andrew "Andy" Clark
of O'Neill is her only immediate
survivor. Two sisters, Mina Clark
McCaffrey and Ella Clark, pre
ceded her in death.
Agnes Clark was the first
boarding student at St. Mary's
academy and a member of the
first graduating class in 1903. She
entered the Franciscan Order at
their motherhouse in Stella
Niagara, N. Y., in August, 1904.
She became Sister Mary Alma, a
professed Sister of St. Francis
in 1907. Sister Alma has served
the various houses of her Order
as a teacher and art instructor
since her profession. She earned
a bachelor of arts degree from
Creighton University in Omaha.
On two separate appointments
she was stationed at St. Mary's
here, the first being in 1933, and
the second 20 years later in 1953.
Sister Alma retired from teaching
less than a year ago
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