Betty Clark

Betty L. Clark passed away peacefully on a beautiful, warm, Spring-like day on February 18, 2015 at her daughter’s home in Durango, Colorado. She was 79. Betty was born December 24, 1935 to Edgar and Gussie (Nicholson) Burgen in Springfield, Nebraska. She grew up and graduated from high school in Weeping Water, Nebraska. She married Richard (Dick) Clark in 1957 and together they had three girls. The family moved to Durango in 1965. The marriage ended in divorce in 1973.

Betty retired in 2008 from Edward Jones Investment Firm. She also worked for former U.S. Senator Bill Armstrong in Washington, DC. in 1985. Betty was the founding President of Southwest Republican Women in 1984 and throughout her life she worked on various campaigns and was a delegate to County and State conventions. She was a member of Beta Sigma Phi for several years. She received her Colorado Real Estate License in 1977. She was an active member of First Presbyterian Church for many years, serving on various committees, and was a Sunday school teacher and a Deacon. She enjoyed music, dancing, reading and especially playing cribbage with her dear friend.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her three brothers, Duane, Gene and Robert Burgen. She is survived by her daughters Brenda Clark, Rhonda Clark Messier and Beth Clark McCormick, and the loves of her life, her four Grandsons, Justin Baxter, Brandon Perkins, Colton Bell, and CJ Bell, eight great grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews.

Services will be held on Saturday February 28th at 4:30 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Durango, CO, Pastor Beau Smith Officiating. Memorial donations can be made in her memory to the First Presbyterian Church in Durango, CO.