Ruthella L Clark

Pembroke – Ruthella L. Clark, 90, passed away peacefully Friday, July 09, 2010 at the Atlantic Rehab & Nursing Center in Calais. Ruthella was born in Pembroke on June 26, 1920, daughter of the late Samuel Rice and Vesta (Carter) Rice Jones. She graduated from Pembroke High School, Class of 1938, and furthered her education in cosmetology. Ruthella owned and operated her own beauty salon, Ruthella’s Beauty Shop, in Eastport for many years. She was a member of the Literary Round Table in Eastport and was a founding member of the Pembroke Historical Society, where she served as Treasurer. Ruthella also was a member of People’s United Methodist Church and Grace Christian Church, both in Pembroke. She enjoyed reading, traveling and all kinds of animals. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband Wesley Clark; and a brother Arthur Kingsley Rice. Surviving are her two sisters Connie MacArthur of Calais, and Cynthia DeWitt and her husband Gary of SC; two brothers, Ted Jones and his wife Joanie of Pembroke and The Villages, FL, and Dennis Jones and his wife Vicki of Pembroke; sister-in-law Janet Rice Brown of Edmunds; and many nieces and nephews.