April 13, 1965– September 27, 2021
Funeral services for Anthony Clark, 56, of Faith were held Friday, October 1, 2021, at the Faith Community Center. Burial was at the UCC Cemetery in LaPlant under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge.
Anthony passed away Monday, September 27, 2021 at the Cheyenne River IHS in Eagle Butte.
Anthony “Tony” Ray Clark was born on April 13, 1965 in Eagle Butte to Kathleen Traversie and Ray Clark. He was raised on the Clark Ranch southeast of Eagle Butte with his four siblings Leroy, Travis, April, and Jesse. They were raised by their grandparents, Dorothy and Dale Clark.
Tony graduated from Eagle Butte High School in 1983. In 1985 he joined the United States Marine Corps and was stationed at Camp Pendleton. While stationed there, he met Don Kuykendall, and they relocated to Arkansas in 1989. While in Arkansas Tony met the love of his life, Cindy Lynn Franklin. Tony and Cindy married in 1990 and had two children, Wyatt Anthony Clark in 1990 and Michon Lynn Clark in 1993.
In 1995 the family moved to Faith, where Tony started working at the local grocery as a butcher.
Tony is survived by: his wife Cindy Clark of Faith; son Wyatt Clark of Bowman ND; daughter Michon (Matthew Beck) Clark of Bowman, ND; two grandchildren, Blaise Clark and Berkley Beck of Bowman; his brother, Leroy Clark of Hardin, MT: his sister, April (Howard) Sharrott of San Antonio TX; his mother-in-law; nephew Trenton Clark and niece Jacey Clark of St. John, ND; nephew Colton Clark of Arkansas; Karen Baird of Fort Smith AR; and brothers-in-law, Billy and Mike Baird of Fort Smith.
Tony is preceded in death by his parents; his grandparents, Dale and Dorothy Clark and Maynard and Lucille Traversie; his brothers, Travis and Jesse Clark; and cousins Barbara and Jimmy Picotte, and Jacques Traversie.