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Clark, Vera Juanita
2-10-1   →   Column 2, Plot 10-1
b. 1915-Oct-31, Empress, AB
d. 1916-Mar-03, Empress, AB

Grave markers: Vertical stone, shared
Grave Cover: Concrete
Grave Level? Yes

Empress Cemetery Tree on Ancestry.ca
     https://www.ancestry.ca/family-tree/person/tree/201433125/person/332702267658
Find a Grave
     https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187186429
Alberta Death Register #3842, page 20 of 25, left side, line 1
     https://provincialarchives.alberta.ca/sites/default/files/2018-11/deaths-ca-1877-1918(optimized).pdf
The Empress Express, March 9, 1916
     https://archive.org/details/EPE_1916030901

Available here 

 Clark, Vera, Empress Express 1916-03-09, Page 8.jpg
 Burial Records (1916-1917).jpg
 Cemetery Register 1916-1917.jpg


Grave Photos 

 2-10-1,2,3,4 Clark main Headstone (2025-05-03).jpg
 2-10-1,2,3,4 Clark, Melvin, Vera, Lyle, Ira, Herbert, Whole graves looking northwest (2025-04-07).jpg

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Father: Ira A. Clark (1869-1936), Find a Grave:166517833
Mother: Charlotte "Lottie" Crabb (1873-1925), Find a Grave:166517861
Siblings:
     Irvin Paul Clark (1893–1984), Find a Grave:56619311
     Ruth Irene (Clark) Trewin (1895–1978), Find a Grave:283172496
     Effie Pearl (Clark) McCune (1896–1965), Find a Grave:129110366
     Maurice Everett Clark (1898-1976),
     Wilbur James Clark (1899–1987), Find a Grave:138459859
     Otis Merle Clark (1900–1963), Find a Grave:138459673
     Eva Marie (Clark) Biederbeck (1902–1996), Find a Grave:29211623
     Inez Joy (Clark) Middleton (1903–1939), Find a Grave:139025274
     Mason Lyle Clark (1905–1922), Find a Grave:166517766
     Helen Clark (1906-1906)
     Opal Evalyn Clark (1907-1993)
     Raymond C Clark (1910–2002), Find a Grave:138459717
     Leonark Leroy Clark (1912-1912)
     Melvin Leo Clark (unknown–1918), Find a Grave:187186421

Summary

1915-Oct-31: Vera was born to Ira A. Clark & Charlotte "Lottie" Crabb at Empress, Alberta, Canada.
1916-Mar-03: Vera died in Empress, Alberta, Canada.  Alberta Death Register #3842 for 1916.

She is the first recorded burial in the Empress Cemetery.  Buried on 1916-Mar-05.  The burial record says her residence was S½-32-22-1-W4, which is about 1 kilometre northeast of the current intersection of Highway 41 and Township Road 225a, 8.7 km southwest of Empress.

The Empress Express, March 9, 1916, Page 8
     Vera Juanita Clark
Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Clark.  Born, October 31st, 1915.  Died, March 3rd, 1916.  Age 4 months, 3 days.  She leaves a father, mother, six brothers and five sisters to mourn her loss.

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Bruce A. Johnson - Empress, Alberta, Canada.
Last Updated: 2025-Dec-05       Go to Empress Cemetery page