Memorial Services

 Elder John A. Clark: Tribute of Respect to His Memory (Printed March 16, 1895, page 10 of Deseret Evening News)

Editor Deseret News

Memorial services were held in the Farmington Ward meeting house on Sunday last, March 10", in honor of Elder John A. Clark, who died of black smallpox in Haifa, Palestine, on the 8" of the last month, while on a mission to Turkey, for which mission he started Feb. 3, 1894.

A large and tasteful floral emblem representing the Gates Ajar, presented by the Young Men’s and Young Ladies’ MIA was placed on the pulpit; the pulpit and other portions of the room were also appropriately decorated with flowers and white drapery.

At 2:30 p.m. the meeting was crowed to its utmost capacity with friends of the deceased who had come from all portions of the Stake to show their respect for Elder Clark. Many were turned away from the building for want of room. On the stand, besides the Stake Presidency, ward bishopric and many prominent officials from other parts of the Stake, were Elders Franklin D. Richards, Abraham H. Cannon, B.H. Roberts, Edward Stevenson, George Goddard, James E. Talmage, Willard Done, J.M. Whitaker and Richard Haag, of Salt Lake City.

The services were conducted as follows: The choir sang on page 257, “Thou dost not weep alone;” prayer was offered by James T. Smith; choir sang on page 402.

Brother Miller then read the following resolutions of respect by the Young Men’s Association of Farmington, Davis County, Utah:  Whereas Elder John A. Clark was born and raised in our midst, loved and esteemed by all who knew him, for his even disposition and his exemplary life, his moral character and his loving and affectionate attributes and