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L Clark Nations Nation's IwAmasa Amasa masa j I Oldest Banker Dies At man Clark Amasa In o Lyman y nations nation's s oldest the on f farmington eve fiSler banker died ed in a Salt e b 35 Saturday May Maye ital hOspital We e hose h of causes in- in am a.m. m ml a l 25 S at aI to age e. e He would have 5 on June 6 1968 been TIME of his death THE E AT T of the Davis De be 35 P president resident Farmington a a. in B Bank County ty which he had held since position 1945 Prior to that time Ap April served the bank as had he De the bank was organized oro or- or caser H since D March larch 31 1892 ed edn o on total of 76 years as ase asa asab n a 27 at the timea time He e was a ab Heto He to te began n his been a member of the then thea pe a a also Association Bankers n Bankers ah utah the nd d Jon sin since ce 1900 1 l' l w i j r. r I t S x t 1 r. r rt y J s i F t v vl l c cf f r AMASA CLARK He Was as the oldest resident of his Ws satire Davis County and k cw to documents of the Old Folks 0 Central Committee Church Church h of at Jesus Christ day y Saints he was the oit oi oldest st t man in Utah at the time death There is one other r who man who clai claims ms to be older but has no documented proof of his HE WAS a me member of the Emeritus clubs of the University University sity Ity of Utah and Brigham Young University and was serving as vice ice president of the BYU Emeritus Club at the time of his ils death a position which he had held for several terms He had attended the Brigham Young Academy at Provo In 1833 1883 and 84 and the U of U in 1834 and 1885 Among the many honors he her r received elved during his long and useful life the most recent was vas a Service To Mankind award avard presented to Mr Clark by the Bountiful Club In February of this year He Heas vas as chosen for this award be because because because be- be cause of his many years of community church and civic I service And this list of servIces servi services i ices Is a long iong one F HE SERVED his community as Farmington City treasurer for 20 years was elected mayor at the age of 43 and served for jor two terms treasurer of the toe Davis County Board of Education Education Ed Ed- for 16 years Davis County chairman of the Amerlean Amerlean Amer- Amer lean Red Cross drive for many consecutive years and was treasurer treasurer trea- trea surer of the Davis County chapter chap chap- ter fer of or the National Foundation Infantile C Infantile Paralysis for ten years During the time he served served served ed as mayor mayor Farmington's first electric light system was was In in- in stalled In 1900 he became superintendent superintendent superintendent of the Davis Stake Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day School of The Church of ot Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter Saints At that time the Stake included all allot of Davis County HE ALSO served two missions missions missions mis mis- for the Church From 89 1887 he served In the Southern South South- em ern n States Mission and In 1925 he served a term short-term mission mission mis mis- sion slon in the Central States Mission Mis Mis- sion He became bishop of the Farmington Ward in 1915 and served In that position for the next 16 years IT WAS ALSO In 1915 first Boy Scout Troop was or or- or In Farmington and Bishop Clark has been an ardent supporter of that organization ever since He served as a ame me member of the finance committee committee committee com com- of the Great Salt Lake Council of the Boy Scouts of America for 38 years and was still a me member of the executive executive executive tive committee of ot the Lakeshore Lakeshore Lakeshore Lake- Lake shore District at the time of his death He maintained that his life Ufe was built buill around the principles of Scouting Always live the principles of the Scout oath of simplicity honesty sincerity faithfulness love for God and man and you shall never stray from the narrow path of righteousness righteousness righteousness right right- Mr Clark advised young people AT THE AGE of 81 he was the recipient of Scouting's Silver Sil Silver Silver Sil- Sil ver Beaver award and in 1956 he received an honorary Master Men M-Men award from the He was particularly proud of the fact that he was a member of the first Primary Association ol oj the Church organized by Mrs Aurelia Aurella Spencer Rogers in the Farmington Ward Over the many years since a mural of that first Primary meeting was painted In the chapel of the Farmington Ward Mr Clark has told thousands of children and adults the history of the painting and pointed with pride to the likeness of himself Inthe in inthe inthe the mural ALTHOUGH HE was a frail boy he attributed his longevity and vitality to living the Word of Wisdom getting plenty of exercise and to never overeat He also believed strongly in the merits of eating whole wheat regularly He often advised Breathe reathe deeply eat the whole of the kernel and never give a good man up Just because hes he's had a stroke of bad luck I He was very proud of the fact that In all the years he had operated the Davis County Bank th they Y had only one foreclosure This was because he always be believed believed believed be- be the best of a person Ita Ifa If It Ifa a poor credit risk requested a bank loan If it he felt the need was great or the purpose worthy A. A L. L Clark the banker would often step back and A. A L. L Clark the person would take over and make a personal loan to the person requesting the bank loan And because of this trust In his fellowman a far tar greater number number number num num- ber of these personal loans were repaid than most people would Imagine HIS GENEROUS gifts girts and donations were many and were given anonymously whenever v e r possible and possible and he was very generous generous generous gen gen- erous to the missionaries ward chapels Boy Scouts the BYU the Salt Lake Temple not to mention the many widows and other needy persons around Davis County As an example of practicing what he preached he rode his bicycle daily to his office at the Davis County Bank until before his one birthday an an- an In fact tact for his birthday anniversary his em em- at the bank gave hi him m a abrand abrand abrand brand new bi bicycle cycle to replace the theone theone theone one he had kept In repair and and- ridden since he was a young man After that he usually walked to work but r rarely are I y missed a day at his office until he was hospitalized some six weeks before his death ANOTHER STATEMENT he made quite frequently which seemed to sum up his philosophy was r pay my offerings with honesty my taxes with pleasure pleasure pleasure plea plea- sure and I display my coun country's country's coun- coun try's flag upon all proper oc occasions occasions' occasions occasions' oc- oc Mr Clark was born in Farmington Farmington Farm Farm- ington on June 6 1865 the eighth child of the eleven children of Ezra T T. T and Mary Stevenson Clark who were among the first Mormon pioneer settlers In Davis County HE WAS MARRIED TO Alice Charlotte Steed on Dec 16 1885 In the Logan Temple They had three sons and two daughters before she died in 1895 Then on March 31 1897 he married the former Susan Duncan of Bountiful In the Salt Lake Temple They had celebrated their wedding anniversary before she died on August 2 1965 at the age of 93 Of Mr Clarks Clark's ten sons and daughters eight of whom lived to maturity he Is survived by A. A Sterling C Clark I ark of ot Burley Idaho Dr Dale DClark D. D Clark Washington WashIngton Washington Wash Wash- ington D. D C C. C and Mrs E. E Dee Alton Nell Partridge Cedar Grove New Jersey He HeIs Heis Heis Is also survived by 36 grandchildren grandchildren grandchildren grand grand- children 69 great dren and four great great grandchildren and a sister Mrs Laura Clark Cook of Salt Lake City HIS FUNERAL was held Inthe in inthe inthe the Farmington Third LAS Ward chapel on Monday May 27 He was burled buried in the Farmington City Cemetery |
