Note: His "Headstone" reads: "Ephraim Clark Bell".
Clark E. Bell, 99, of Idaho Falls passed away December 23, 2011 at Bingham Memorial Hospital. Our dad lost his goal of becoming 100 years old by 3 months and one day.
He was born March 24, 1912, the oldest living child of 11 to Ephraim and Sylvia Clark Bell in Oakley, Idaho.
He was raised in Oakley and attended school there through high school. He excelled in sports, he was the captain of both the football and basketball teams and he broke the State pole vault record. Clark was the student body president his senior year. He played on the city baseball team . Dad always worked hard from the time he was little. He spent his childhood in Oakley helping his father on the farm, herding sheep and later digging basements by hand.
Education was always important to him, he attended Albion State Normal, while working part time. He received his bachelor's degree at Utah State and continued his education at the University of Idaho where he received his Maters Degree he was only a thesis short of his Doctorate degree. Upon receiving his teaching certificate, his first teaching job was a t a one room schoolhouse in Black Pine. He taught grades one through eight with a total of 28 students. At this school, he was the teacher, custodian and hauled wood to keep the stove burning. He taught school in Samaria, Twin Falls and Malad, where he also worked at the JCPenny Store. He grew up during the Depression time so he knew how to fix things and make things last or make something out of very little.
On, October 27, 1935, he married Helen Wilson. They were later sealed in the Salt Lake LDS Temple, June 25, 1937., they were the parents of three daughters.
He was the superintendent of Albion High School, superintendent for the White Pine School District in Troy for 10 years, superintendent at Firth for four years and principal at O.E. Bell Junior High school for 14 years. He retired in 1974 after 39 years in education.
Clark was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many callings. He and Helen served as officiators in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple for 10 years. She died May 13, 1998.
Dad and mom always had a huge garden and shared with everyone. He enjoyed gardening, canning, making quilts for the family, hunting, fishing stamp and coin collecting and teasing his grandchildren. The highlight of his day was to watch his grandsons play ball.
He is survived by:
Daughter, Kathleen(Donald ) Kuper of Dallas, TX;
Daughter, Myrna(Cleone ) Jolley of Firth, ID;
Daughter Gloria( Warren ) Tew of Sandy, UT;
Brother, Warren Bell of Burley, ID;
Brother, Wesley Bell of Kent , WA;
Sister, Melba Yost of Idaho Falls, ID;
Sister, Arlene Richins of Trabuco Canyon, CA;
14 Grandchildren, 47 Great Grandchildren and 8 Great-Great Grandchildren
He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers, George Edward, Hyrum Ezra, Elwin, LaVerne and Theo and
Sister, Mary Warner
Funeral services will be at 11:00 am, Friday, December 30 at the Presto Ward,(792 N. 1090 East) with Bishop Boe Reynolds officiating.
Burial will be in the Goshen Cemetery.
Clark E. Bell, 99, of Idaho Falls passed away December 23, 2011 at Bingham Memorial Hospital. Our dad lost his goal of becoming 100 years old by 3 months and one day.
He was born March 24, 1912, the oldest living child of 11 to Ephraim and Sylvia Clark Bell in Oakley, Idaho.
He was raised in Oakley and attended school there through high school. He excelled in sports, he was the captain of both the football and basketball teams and he broke the State pole vault record. Clark was the student body president his senior year. He played on the city baseball team . Dad always worked hard from the time he was little. He spent his childhood in Oakley helping his father on the farm, herding sheep and later digging basements by hand.
Education was always important to him, he attended Albion State Normal, while working part time. He received his bachelor's degree at Utah State and continued his education at the University of Idaho where he received his Maters Degree he was only a thesis short of his Doctorate degree. Upon receiving his teaching certificate, his first teaching job was a t a one room schoolhouse in Black Pine. He taught grades one through eight with a total of 28 students. At this school, he was the teacher, custodian and hauled wood to keep the stove burning. He taught school in Samaria, Twin Falls and Malad, where he also worked at the JCPenny Store. He grew up during the Depression time so he knew how to fix things and make things last or make something out of very little.
On, October 27, 1935, he married Helen Wilson. They were later sealed in the Salt Lake LDS Temple, June 25, 1937., they were the parents of three daughters.
He was the superintendent of Albion High School, superintendent for the White Pine School District in Troy for 10 years, superintendent at Firth for four years and principal at O.E. Bell Junior High school for 14 years. He retired in 1974 after 39 years in education.
Clark was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many callings. He and Helen served as officiators in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple for 10 years. She died May 13, 1998.
Dad and mom always had a huge garden and shared with everyone. He enjoyed gardening, canning, making quilts for the family, hunting, fishing stamp and coin collecting and teasing his grandchildren. The highlight of his day was to watch his grandsons play ball.
He is survived by:
Daughter, Kathleen(Donald ) Kuper of Dallas, TX;
Daughter, Myrna(Cleone ) Jolley of Firth, ID;
Daughter Gloria( Warren ) Tew of Sandy, UT;
Brother, Warren Bell of Burley, ID;
Brother, Wesley Bell of Kent , WA;
Sister, Melba Yost of Idaho Falls, ID;
Sister, Arlene Richins of Trabuco Canyon, CA;
14 Grandchildren, 47 Great Grandchildren and 8 Great-Great Grandchildren
He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers, George Edward, Hyrum Ezra, Elwin, LaVerne and Theo and
Sister, Mary Warner
Funeral services will be at 11:00 am, Friday, December 30 at the Presto Ward,(792 N. 1090 East) with Bishop Boe Reynolds officiating.
Burial will be in the Goshen Cemetery.
Note: His "Headstone" reads: "Ephraim Clark Bell".
Clark E. Bell, 99, of Idaho Falls passed away December 23, 2011 at Bingham Memorial Hospital. Our dad lost his goal of becoming 100 years old by 3 months and one day.
He was born March 24, 1912, the oldest living child of 11 to Ephraim and Sylvia Clark Bell in Oakley, Idaho.
He was raised in Oakley and attended school there through high school. He excelled in sports, he was the captain of both the football and basketball teams and he broke the State pole vault record. Clark was the student body president his senior year. He played on the city baseball team . Dad always worked hard from the time he was little. He spent his childhood in Oakley helping his father on the farm, herding sheep and later digging basements by hand.
Education was always important to him, he attended Albion State Normal, while working part time. He received his bachelor's degree at Utah State and continued his education at the University of Idaho where he received his Maters Degree he was only a thesis short of his Doctorate degree. Upon receiving his teaching certificate, his first teaching job was a t a one room schoolhouse in Black Pine. He taught grades one through eight with a total of 28 students. At this school, he was the teacher, custodian and hauled wood to keep the stove burning. He taught school in Samaria, Twin Falls and Malad, where he also worked at the JCPenny Store. He grew up during the Depression time so he knew how to fix things and make things last or make something out of very little.
On, October 27, 1935, he married Helen Wilson. They were later sealed in the Salt Lake LDS Temple, June 25, 1937., they were the parents of three daughters.
He was the superintendent of Albion High School, superintendent for the White Pine School District in Troy for 10 years, superintendent at Firth for four years and principal at O.E. Bell Junior High school for 14 years. He retired in 1974 after 39 years in education.
Clark was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many callings. He and Helen served as officiators in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple for 10 years. She died May 13, 1998.
Dad and mom always had a huge garden and shared with everyone. He enjoyed gardening, canning, making quilts for the family, hunting, fishing stamp and coin collecting and teasing his grandchildren. The highlight of his day was to watch his grandsons play ball.
He is survived by:
Daughter, Kathleen(Donald ) Kuper of Dallas, TX;
Daughter, Myrna(Cleone ) Jolley of Firth, ID;
Daughter Gloria( Warren ) Tew of Sandy, UT;
Brother, Warren Bell of Burley, ID;
Brother, Wesley Bell of Kent , WA;
Sister, Melba Yost of Idaho Falls, ID;
Sister, Arlene Richins of Trabuco Canyon, CA;
14 Grandchildren, 47 Great Grandchildren and 8 Great-Great Grandchildren
He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers, George Edward, Hyrum Ezra, Elwin, LaVerne and Theo and
Sister, Mary Warner
Funeral services will be at 11:00 am, Friday, December 30 at the Presto Ward,(792 N. 1090 East) with Bishop Boe Reynolds officiating.
Burial will be in the Goshen Cemetery.
Clark E. Bell, 99, of Idaho Falls passed away December 23, 2011 at Bingham Memorial Hospital. Our dad lost his goal of becoming 100 years old by 3 months and one day.
He was born March 24, 1912, the oldest living child of 11 to Ephraim and Sylvia Clark Bell in Oakley, Idaho.
He was raised in Oakley and attended school there through high school. He excelled in sports, he was the captain of both the football and basketball teams and he broke the State pole vault record. Clark was the student body president his senior year. He played on the city baseball team . Dad always worked hard from the time he was little. He spent his childhood in Oakley helping his father on the farm, herding sheep and later digging basements by hand.
Education was always important to him, he attended Albion State Normal, while working part time. He received his bachelor's degree at Utah State and continued his education at the University of Idaho where he received his Maters Degree he was only a thesis short of his Doctorate degree. Upon receiving his teaching certificate, his first teaching job was a t a one room schoolhouse in Black Pine. He taught grades one through eight with a total of 28 students. At this school, he was the teacher, custodian and hauled wood to keep the stove burning. He taught school in Samaria, Twin Falls and Malad, where he also worked at the JCPenny Store. He grew up during the Depression time so he knew how to fix things and make things last or make something out of very little.
On, October 27, 1935, he married Helen Wilson. They were later sealed in the Salt Lake LDS Temple, June 25, 1937., they were the parents of three daughters.
He was the superintendent of Albion High School, superintendent for the White Pine School District in Troy for 10 years, superintendent at Firth for four years and principal at O.E. Bell Junior High school for 14 years. He retired in 1974 after 39 years in education.
Clark was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many callings. He and Helen served as officiators in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple for 10 years. She died May 13, 1998.
Dad and mom always had a huge garden and shared with everyone. He enjoyed gardening, canning, making quilts for the family, hunting, fishing stamp and coin collecting and teasing his grandchildren. The highlight of his day was to watch his grandsons play ball.
He is survived by:
Daughter, Kathleen(Donald ) Kuper of Dallas, TX;
Daughter, Myrna(Cleone ) Jolley of Firth, ID;
Daughter Gloria( Warren ) Tew of Sandy, UT;
Brother, Warren Bell of Burley, ID;
Brother, Wesley Bell of Kent , WA;
Sister, Melba Yost of Idaho Falls, ID;
Sister, Arlene Richins of Trabuco Canyon, CA;
14 Grandchildren, 47 Great Grandchildren and 8 Great-Great Grandchildren
He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers, George Edward, Hyrum Ezra, Elwin, LaVerne and Theo and
Sister, Mary Warner
Funeral services will be at 11:00 am, Friday, December 30 at the Presto Ward,(792 N. 1090 East) with Bishop Boe Reynolds officiating.
Burial will be in the Goshen Cemetery.
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