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Ruth Arlene Bark was born on 12 September 1925 in Randalia, Fayette, Iowa. She died on 9 September 1983, at age 57, in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa.

Ronald Dean Hocken was born on 6 April 1945 in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa. He died on 6 April 1945, at age 0, in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa.

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ANCI: Waterloo, Iowa
CONC: Waterloo, Iowa.

Louis Alfred Bark was born on 3 March 1896 in Maynard, Fayette, Iowa.¹ He and Marjorie Alice McLeish were married on 12 March 1919 in Fayette County, Iowa.¹ He died on 4 February 1985, at age 88, in Oelwein, Fayette, Iowa.¹ He was buried in Long Grove Cemetery (260), Maynard, Fayette, Iowa.

Louis Alfred Bark was a Farmer.²
Louis Alfred Bark was born March 3, 1986 in Maynard, Iowa. His parents being George Bark and Carrie Lucretia Smith. He was the youngest of four children. his father died when Louie was ten months old. In 1898, his mother and brother, John, bought 48 acres 2 1/2 miles northeast of Maynard, Iowa. In 1903, they payed off the farm with Louis's inheritance money - Louie was seven years of age. He married Marjorie Alice McLeish on March 12, 1919 and they had thirteen children born to them. In 1936, his mother died and Louie inherited the farm. In 1937, the barn burnt down and they rebuilt it. He was a very successful farmer. He also owned cows, pigs, horses and chickens. He made wise financial decisions and tehy survived the depression with a minimum of discomfort. He was a very shrewd businessman and became fairly wealthy. He was frugal and lived modestly. He lost sight in one eye when one day a kernal of corn flew out of the shucker and hit him in the eye. His relationship with his brother John was strained because Louie had inherited the farm. In 1968, a tornado destoyed everything but the house. He had over 20 buildings which were blown down and a large apple orchard was uprooted. Massive trees lay on the ground. His children and their children came and helped them clean up, which took several days. Windows were shattered and mud covered the floors. Louie and Marjorie escaped in time to the cellar but had felt the house lift up momentarily. Louie felt he was too old to rebuild so the farm was never rebuilt and the shock of loss stayed with him for many years. (It was burned down after Louie's death.) He became caretaker of the Twin Bridges park for a time and rented his land to other farmers for crops and grazing. In 1982, he had over $150,000 in bank accounts and certificates. Louie loved people and loved having his family around him. He liked to play cards - mostly "500" and was a shrewd player. He was a good judge of charactor. he didn't travel much preferring to remain n the comfort of his own home. He could be very stubborn. When the telephone company removed their "crank-operated" phone, he refused to have another one installed. This worried his children as Louie and Marjorie were getting old, living alone and neither drove at this time. But through his children's pleas, he remained firm in his decision. He had a wonderful sense of humor and a sparkle in his blue eyes much of the time. He was highly respected by his friends and family. Louie had a stroke on December 22, 1984 and died February 4, 1985 at the Grandview Care Center in Oelwein, Iowa, at the age of 88. He is buried in the Long Grove Cemetary, Maynard, Iowa.
Doris Bark, wife of Louie's son Ray Max, wrote the following poem which was read at Louie's funeral service:
Your Memory Will Live
I'll never forget his smile and the
way he used to laugh,
the way he made you welcome to walk
down his garden path
surrounded by all the flowers he
loved so well and the many
"olden-days" stories he used to tell.

I remember the many times he would
turn to G'Ma and say, "Fix them a
bite before they go."
And G'Ma, before you could say "No"
would have a tasty meal prepared
just so.

We will miss you G'Pa, each in our
own way,
We won't forget how you touched our
lives and are here today to say...

Your memory will live forever and
beyond in a special corner of our
hearts.

More About LEWIS ALFRED BARK:
Cause of Death: Stroke.

Marjorie Alice McLeish was born on 9 February 1898 in Maynard, Fayette, Iowa. She and Louis Alfred Bark were married on 12 March 1919 in Fayette County, Iowa.¹ She died on 4 September 1987, at age 89, in Maynard, Fayette, Iowa. She was buried in Long Grove Cemetery (260), Maynard, Fayette, Iowa.

Marjorie Alice McLeish was born February 9, 1898 on her father's farm southeast of Maynard, Iowa. Her parents being John Strawn McLeish and Jessie Taylor. Marjorie was third in order of birth out of nine children. In 1908, her family moved to Texas for one year and then to Oklahoma. They then moved back to Iowa and lived near Strawberry Point and Oran. Sometime after 1915, they moved to a farm one mile north of Louie Bark's farm. Marjorie married Louis Alfred Bark on March 12, 1919 in Fayette County. They resided with Louie's mother on their farm 2 miles north of Maynard, Iowa. When Louie's mother died in 1936, Louie inherited the farm and they remained there. They had thirteen children born to them. Marjorie was very helpful with running their farm and was an energenic and loving woman. In the 1960's she suffered three strokes. After the first stroke, her children convinced her to see a doctor. It was the first time Marjorie had ever visited a doctor in her lifetime. The doctor warned her to take it easy but Marjorie was full of vitality and continued to work in her gardens. She had her second stroke and the doctor warned her that she would never live through another stroke. But she had a third stroke and it was then discovered that she had diabetes. In May of 1968, a tornado blew through their farm destroying all but their house. In 1981, she discovered that she had developed cancer. As a child, I remember her as a warm and giving Grandmother. She never raised her voice no matter how we scampered about the house, in and out, muddy feet and yelling. She always met us at the door when we came to visit with a hug and a kiss for everyone. When we'd leave, she would always walk us outdoors and wave until we were out of sight no matter what the weather was. Marjorie and Louie had a close marriage and enjoyed a mutual sense of humor. Once Marjorie accidently used a cake mix in place of biscuit mix in her chicken pie and when Louie laughed, Marjorie calmly went into the kitchen for a piece of pie and "put" it in his face. Louie smiled, eyes twinkling, and licked his lips. Another time, while tenderly bickering, Marjorie pushed Louie over backwards in his chair and everyone had a good laugh including Louie. She always said she hated cats which they always had plenty of on the farm. One time, she was seen taking kittens in a bag to the bridge to drop them in to drown when they had an excess of cats. But she always gave them scraps from the table and when she was older, she would even pick them up and pet them. Marjorie died September 4, 1987 of cancer and is buried in the Maynard Cemetary.

Medical Information: Diabetes, Cancer.

Genevieve Inez Bark was born on 25 May 1920 in Maynard, Fayette, Iowa.¹ She died on 27 May 1920, at age 0, in Maynard, Fayette, Iowa.¹ She was buried in Long Grove Cemetery (260), Maynard, Fayette, Iowa.¹

Robert Rex Bark was born on 10 May 1921 in Randalia, Fayette, Iowa.¹ He died on 11 March 1994, at age 72, in Maynard, Fayette, Iowa.¹ He was buried in Long Grove Cemetery (260), Maynard, Fayette, Iowa.¹¹

Robert Rax Bark, 72, was found dead Friday morning, March 11, 1994, in his home, Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home, Oelwein, by the Rev. Jerry Hamman. Burial: Long Grove Cemetery, Maynard. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday and one hour before service time Tuesday at the funeral home.

Survivors include four sisters, Joyce Ries, of Waterloo, Patricia Topping of Cedar Rapids, Janice Schrader of Fairmount, Minn., and Nancy Hammond of West Union; and four brothers, Clair of Tempe, Ariz., Ray of La Porte City, Dean of Readlyn and Dale of Millstadt, Ill.

Betty Jean Bark was born on 3 May 1922 in Randalia, Fayette, Iowa.¹ She and Gaylord Boies were married on 10 January 1945. She died in April 1986, at age 63, in Ryan, Delaware, Iowa.¹

cause of death - emphysema.

Dorothy Mae Bark was born on 15 May 1923 in Randalia, Fayette, Iowa. She and Lyle Earl Postel were married on 15 August 1942. She died on 18 January 1981, at age 57, in Winthrop, Buchanan, Iowa. She was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Winthrop, Buchanan, Iowa.¹

Mrs. Dorothy Bark Postel, 87, Wednesday, 2 p.m. of Fawcett's in Winthrop. Visitation after 2 p.m. Tuesday. The casket will be closed after Wednesday noon. Burial: Fairview Cemetery. Memorials may, if friends wish, be made to the Cedar Valley Hospice, Waterloo.