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Lavanchie Margaret Cool was born on 11 May 1882 in Albion, Calhoun, Michigan.^1,3 She and Charles W. Robert Wark were married on 26 January 1907 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.⁴ She died on 11 November 1935, at age 53, in Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana.^3,2 She was buried on 14 November 1935 in Graceland Memorial Park (Hilldale Row 50), Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana.^3,2

MRS. C. WARK
DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Mrs. LaVanchie Wark, wife of Charles Wark, Lincolnway hardware merchant, died this morning at 5:22 o'clock at the family home on East Chicago street, following an extended illness.
Surviving are the husband, her mother, Mrs. C. L. Cool, of Albion, Michigan, and twelve children, Mrs. R. K. Waddell, of Chicago; Mrs. H. C. Witters, of Valparaiso; John, Miami, Fla.; and Harry, James, Charles, Thomas, Edward Louis, Betty, Alene, Ruth and Mary Helen.
Memorial arrangements have not been completed, pending the arrival of the son, John, from Miami. Services will be private, and the family requests that floral offerings be omitted.

Published in the Vidette-Messenger of Porter County (Valparaiso, IN), on Monday, November 11, 1935, pg. 1.

Charles W. Robert Wark was born on 9 March 1877 in Kansas City, Missouri.^1,2,3 He and Lavanchie Margaret Cool were married on 26 January 1907 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.¹ He died on 15 March 1943, at age 66, in La Porte County, Indiana.² He was buried in Graceland Memorial Park (Hilldale Row 50), Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana.²

Charles W. Robert Wark was an Owner Wark's Hardware Store.^4,5 He was educated Valparaiso University.³ He was awarded a Pharmacy.³ Charles Robert Looney and La Vanchie Margaret Cool
Charles Robert and John Thomas Looney were born 9 March 1877 in Kansas City, MIssouri. The twins' parents were James H. Looney and Mary Kane. Twenty-one days later, Mary (Kane) Looney died. Records of her death, showing the cause, could not be located. She was buried in St. Mary's Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
The 17 May 1877 edition of of the Porter County Vidette, (sic) a newspaper in Valparaiso, Indiana, made the following report:
Mrs. John Wark has gone to Kansas City and brought back a pair of twin babies, children of her sister-in-law who lately died. She now has the children and intends bringing them up.
In earlier days, allowing a relative or a close friend to care (without adoption) for the young child or children upon the death of the mother, was a common practice. John and Elizabeth (Looney) Wark had one child of their own. Robert Burns Wark was born in 1866, thus eleven years older than his cousins and, now, his new "brothers." Elizabeth was the sister of James H. Looney. John and Elizabeth never legally adopted the Looney twins, nor did Charles or John ever legally change their name to Wark. Throughout their childhood, the three boys were known as the Wark children. With the exception of some legal matters, Charles and John continued to use the name of Wark throughout their lives.
The June 1880 Federal Census for Valparaiso, Indiana, reflects the following:
John Wark, age 46
Lizzie Wark, age 43
Robert Wark, son, age 14
Charles Looney, nephew, age 3
John Looney, nephew, age 3

Excerpt from "Ancestral Roots and Descendants of Charles Robert Looney and La Vanchie Margaret Cool and the Families of Ackley, Hoare, Kuhl, Looney, Mason, Peck, Partridge, Wark, and Whiting"

Revised

By Richard Coleman Witters

Charles Wark, Veteran Merchant, Dies
Ill Health of Over a Year is Fatal Monday
Local Hardware Man Succumbs in La Porte;
In Business Here 45 Years.

Charles W. Wark, one of the pioneer business men of Valparaiso, died Monday evening at 10:20 o'clock in Holy Family hospital, La Porte, where he submitted to a major surgery last Friday. Pneumonia, which developed following the operation, caused death. He had been in ill health for more than a year. He was 66 years of age.
The decedent was born in Kansas City, Mo., on March 9, 1877, and came to Valparaiso at an early age. He attended the Valparaiso city schools, and later Valparaiso university where he was graduated in pharmacy. For three years he attended the Chicago College of Dentistry, but was forced to quit in his junior year by illness.
For the last 45 years he was engaged in the mercantile business. From 1898 to 1904 he operated a grocery and bakery in this city. He was absent from the city for a period of four years from 1904 to 1908, operating businesses in Michigan and at Canton, Miss., where he was in the restaurant business.
Bought Ross Hardware
In 1908 he purchased the hardware business of the late John H. Ross, on Lincolnway, and was operating it at the time of his death.
In the early days he was prominent in chamber of commerce activities, and was solely instrumental in prooting Thursday afternoon closings in the city. Each year he led the fight to keep the movement alive. Later he gave up the battle only to see the proposition adopted by local professional groups.
On January 26, 1907, he was united in marriage at Windsor, Ontario, to La Vanchie M. Cool, of Albion, Mich. She preceded him in death on November 11, 1935.
Large Family Survives
Surviving are the following children: Mrs. Irene Waddell, Chicago; John Wark, Tucson, Ariz.; Mrs. Ethel Witters, La Porte; Harry Wark and James Wark, Valparaiso; Mrs. Betty Jungjohan, Valparaiso; Charles Wark, Hammond, Ind.; Alene Wark, Valparaiso; Tom Wark, of the U. S. Army; Ruth Wark, in nurse's training at St. Luke's hospital, Chicago; Mary Helen Wark and Edward Louis Wark, Valparaiso. Also surviving are a brother, John Wark of Galva, Ill., and a cousin, Helen A. Sullivan, of Valparaiso, and eight grandchildren.
Memorial services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Bartholomew chapel on Washington street, Rev. Russell B. Kern, of the Methodist church, officiating. Burial will be in Graceland cemetery.
Friends may call at the Bartholomew chapel this evening and up until time of the services.

Published in the Vidette-Messenger of Porter County (Valparaiso, IN), on Tuesday, March 16, 1943, pg. 1.

Ethel Lavanchie Wark was born on 17 December 1911 in Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana.^1,2,3 She and Aubrey Coleman Witters were married on 3 March 1932 in Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana. She and Aubrey Coleman Witters were divorced in 1952 in Dade County, Florida.⁴ She and Howard H. McClintock were married in December 1967 in Dade County, Florida.⁵ She and Howard H. McClintock were divorced in September 1968 in Dade County, Florida.⁴ She died on 5 October 1991, at age 79, in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina.^2,3 She was buried in Graceland Memorial Park, Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana.³

Ethel Lavanchie Wark resided Lutheran. She was. Ethel LaVanchie Moran
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Ethel LaVanchie Moran, 79, of Raleigh, N. C., formerly of Valparaiso, died Saturday, Oct. 5, 1991, at Raleigh.
She was born Dec. 17, 1911, in Valparaiso, the daughter of Charles R. and LaVanchie M. (Cool) Wark.
Surviving are a daughter, Nancy Tietgen of North Carolina; a son, Richard Witters of Florida; five brothers, Harry and James of Valparaiso, Charles, John and Tom; five sisters, Alene Wark of Valparaiso, Betty Quinn, Ruth Heller, Irene Coover and Mary Helen Keller.
Graveside services are 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Graceland Cemetery, Valparaiso; family will receive friends at the cemetery one hour prior to services; Moeller Funeral Home, Valparaiso, is handling local arrangements.

Published in the Vidette-Messenger of Porter County (Valparaiso, IN), on Tuesday, October 8, 1991, pg. 2.

Irene Cool Wark was born on 29 November 1907 in Jackson, Jackson, Michigan.¹ She died on 11 February 2008, at age 100, in Spokane, Spokane, Washington. She was buried in Graceland Memorial Park, Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana.

John James Wark was born on 26 February 1909 in Jackson, Jackson, Michigan.^2,1 He and Wilma White were married before 2 April 1940.³ He died on 26 March 1992, at age 83, in El Centro, Imperial, California.² He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, El Centro, Imperial, California.⁴

John James Wark was a Maintenance Man.³