OXNARD : Former Police Chief William Clark Dies
By KIM KASH Feb. 1, 1991 12 AM PT
William Pettit Clark, former Oxnard chief of police and Ventura County undersheriff, died at an Ojai convalescent hospital on Wednesday at age 83.
A Ventura County Fairgrounds pavilion was named after Clark in recognition of his service to the Ventura County Fair, including his initiation of a junior livestock auction. Clark was president of the Clark Land and Cattle Co. and an agricultural adviser to Ventura College.
He is survived by three sisters, Margaret Rose of Santa Paula, Elizabeth Ann Brand of Lake Tahoe and Clare Whitley of Phoenix, Ore.
Clark and his wife, Bernice Gregory Clark of Ojai, had three children, Margaret Ann Krebs, Cynthia Suzanne Heffner and William Patrick Clark, who served as secretary of the the Interior and deputy secretary of state from 1980-85.
Clark had 16 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Mission San Buenaventura. Clark will be buried at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park in Ventura.
OXNARD : Former Police Chief William Clark Dies
By KIM KASH Feb. 1, 1991 12 AM PT
William Pettit Clark, former Oxnard chief of police and Ventura County undersheriff, died at an Ojai convalescent hospital on Wednesday at age 83.
A Ventura County Fairgrounds pavilion was named after Clark in recognition of his service to the Ventura County Fair, including his initiation of a junior livestock auction. Clark was president of the Clark Land and Cattle Co. and an agricultural adviser to Ventura College.
He is survived by three sisters, Margaret Rose of Santa Paula, Elizabeth Ann Brand of Lake Tahoe and Clare Whitley of Phoenix, Ore.
Clark and his wife, Bernice Gregory Clark of Ojai, had three children, Margaret Ann Krebs, Cynthia Suzanne Heffner and William Patrick Clark, who served as secretary of the the Interior and deputy secretary of state from 1980-85.
Clark had 16 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Mission San Buenaventura. Clark will be buried at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park in Ventura.
Family Members
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Robert Emmett Clark Jr
1906–1972
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James Edward "Ned" Clark
1909–1970
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Alice Catherine "Sweetsie" Clark
1911–1915
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George Patrick Clark
1914–1915
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Chester Barnett "Chet" Clark
1916–1990
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Mary Margaret "Peggy" Clark Rose
1918–2000
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Elizabeth Ann Clark Brand
1921–2001
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Patricia Cecelia Clark
1923–1927
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Clare Beatrice Clark Whitley
1923–2004
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