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"When I last saw him, he was deathly sick. He did not complain, but said that he did not know why the Lord did not let him pass away. Then he had an answer: he had never known what suffering was, and this probably was part of what he ought to experience in this state of existence."

- Chad W. Clark, grandson of Wilford through LeGrand and Rhoda, 1961.

"I called on him in Salt Lake City two days before he died, and he was pleased that we could visit."

- Edward I. Rich, M.D., "nephew" of Wilford, or grandson of Laura Clark Phelps through her daughter Mary Ann Phelps Rich, 1960.

"He'd had a growing disposition for good, and he sought to develop good attributes all the days of his life. He seemed to be younger than I was, and when we traveled together, people took me for being the elder of the two. I thought he would live longer, but he was taken down with gallstones. He died in a rest home on the west side of Salt Lake City, not far from the Jordan River and north of the Fairgrounds. During his last days, he remarked to me, ‘Brother, I haven't any plans for the future,' and so it was true. When he was placed to rest, I offered the dedicatory prayer."

- Amasa L. Clark, Wilford's younger brother, 1961.

When Wilford Woodruff Clark died in Salt Lake City on October 8th, 1956, the year prior to the Russian launching of a satellite, his span of 93 1/2 years bridged five wars, incredible developments in technology, and great expansions in the Church population and geography.  In his own way he was very much a part of that development. Wilford Woodruff Clark should be imprinted in our Clark heritage as one with the vision of turning difficult situations into opportunities for the spread of the Gospel. He should be recalled for being a man ready to step into leadership when such was needed.  He shall be remembered for his patience, his counsel, and his love for his children. 

This Patriarch of the Springdale Farm in Georgetown, Idaho, shall be inscribed in our memories as a man of God.