George C. Clark passed away Tuesday afternoon at Swedish Hospital in Seattle. Services will be held Saturday afternoon from the Issaquah Funeral Home.

The family suggests that those who prefer, may contribute to the Heart Fund.

Issaquah Press, 27 Sep 1956, p 1

Services for George C. Clark, Issaquah Pioneer, Held Saturday

Funeral services for George C. Clark, 77, were held from the Issaquah Funeral Home Saturday afternoon, with Reverend Robert L. Larsen officiating. Interment was at Hillside Cemetery.

Mr. Clark passed away Tuesday afternoon at Swedish Hospital. He formerly served on the Issaquah Town Council, and was active for many years in the old Issaquah Playfield Association. He was a highly respected pioneer of Issaquah and King County.

A native of Scotland, Mr. Clark went to Newcastle with his parents, George and Jessie C. Clark, in the early 1880's.

The family moved to a homestead in the Beaver Lake area near Issaquah about five years later, where he attended school.

He worked in coal mines in Ohio before his marriage. He and his wife, Lulu, observed their 52nd wedding anniversary October 20, 1955.

Survivors besides Mrs. Clark are a son, George S. Clark, Issaquah; three daughters, Mrs. George O'Brian, Seattle, and Mrs. William Inger and Mrs. Stanley Favini, both of Issaquah; a brother, David Clark, Seattle; three sisters, Mrs. Grace Dobson, Renton, and Mrs. Ellen Jones and Mrs. Clyde Darst, both of Issaquah; ten grandchildren, and five great grandchildren.

Issaquah Press, 4 Oct 1956, p 5
Contributed by Peggy Buchanan

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George Currie Clark was the son of George Currie I & Jessie Janet Stewart Coutts Clark. He was born in Scotland and came to America at a very young age with his parents. George married Lulu Catherine Foutts 20 Oct 1903 in Renton, King Co., WA.

Found in Issaquah Historic Families
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The Clark family
George Clark was born in Scotland, immigrated to the East Coast of the United States, and eventually settled in Issaquah to mine coal. Lulu Fouts was born in Colorado. Her father worked for the railroad, and she too found her way to Issaquah aroun d the turn of the century.

George was a big man, and a hard worker. He spent his life in the mines, and survived without the crippling injuries others suffered in those days. Lulu was a warm-hearted woman, who always had an open door for the children of the neighborhood.

Around 1906, the Clarks built the pretty two-story white house that still stands on the northeast corner of Second Avenue and SE Bush Street. That intersection was the center of an active neighborhood and many informal social activities.

George and Lulu had four children, three of whom stayed in the Issaquah area. They were George Clark, Grace O'Brian, Ethel Inger and Audrey Favini. Today, the family's numbers have been stretched by many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Issaquah Garden Club was organized Novemeber 13, 1928, at the call of Mr. George Clark. Its purpose was to encourage growing flowers, lawns, etc., to enhance the appearance of homes. Meetings were held evenings at the Issaquah Community Church. The Constitution and Bylaws were drawn up by Mesdames Schombers, Beers, Boyden, and Davies, and Mr. Clark.