Obituary of Linda Fay Clark

Funeral Services for Linda Fay Clark of Elsberry, MO will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 1, 2021 at the Carter-Ricks Funeral Home in Elsberry. Pastor Lee Lewis of the Fairgrounds Road Church of Christ will officiate with burial in the Elsberry City Cemetery near Elsberry. Serving as pallbearers will be Robert Wallace, Steven Wallace, David Wallace, Tom Reed, Donnie Ray Kinsler, Allen Siders, Jr., Bob Tiemann and Charles Clark. Mrs. Clark, 76, passed away Sunday morning, February 21, 2021 at her home in Elsberry. Born June 10, 1944 in Cedar Springs, MO, she was the daughter of Allen LeRoy and Mildred Fern Allen Siders. Linda was united in marriage on July 13, 1963 in Troy, MO to George Elmer Trower. This union was blessed with three children, Gene, Karen and Lisa. George passed away on January 9, 1972. Linda worked as a waitress and later co-owned Robena’s Restaurant in Elsberry for several years. Linda was united in marriage again on September 19, 1980 in Las Vegas, NV to Ray Burrell Clark. This union was blessed with one daughter, Rhonda. After the restaurant sold, Linda worked for several years as a receptionist for Dr. Levine’s office. After Dr. Levine closed his practice, she was employed for 15 years at the Elsberry Pharmacy. Linda was preceded in death by her parents, Allen L. Siders and Mildred Witt; her first husband, George Trower in 1972; her daughter, Rhonda Clark on January 19, 1990; one great-grandson, Colton Jeffery Crosson in 2001; her beloved husband of 26 years, Ray Clark on May 12, 2007; and two brothers: Charles Siders and Marty Dietz. Survivors include three children: Gene Trower and his companion, Jennifer Jones, of Troy, Karen Perkins and her husband, Mark, of Warrenton, MO, and Lisa Grant of Elsberry; four step-children: Charles Clark of Elsberry, Debbie Smith of Clarksville, MO, Donna Russell and her husband, Mike, of Clarksville, and Diana Tiemann and her husband, Bob, of O’Fallon, MO; several grandchildren, and many great-grandchildren. Linda also leaves three brothers: her twin, Allen “Shorty” Siders, Sr. of Elsberry, Melvin “Porky” Dietz of Columbia, MO, and Ben Dietz of Elsberry; six sisters: Donna Dryden of Elsberry, Vickie Sanderson and her husband, Ron, of Bloomsdale, MO, Connie Wallace and her husband, Robert, of Elsberry, Betty Reed and her husband, Bob, of Louisiana, MO, Joyce Hare of Harrisburg, PA, and Julia Hoermann of Kirksville, MO; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Visitation will be held from 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. Sunday, February 28, 2021 at Carter-Ricks Funeral Home in Elsberry. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association in care of Carter-Ricks Funeral Home, 107 S. 5th Street; Elsberry, MO 63343.