Max W. Clark

Max W. Clark, 91, died of kidney failure on Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at Lafayette General Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, November 12, 2010 in the Delhomme Chapel of the Flowers. Interment will be held at Lake Lawn Metairie Cemetery at 4:00 pm on Friday. Reverend Jan Holoway Curwick will conduct the funeral services. Max Wayland Clark was born August 24, 1919 in Vermont, Illinois to Frank and Sada Farr Clark. Most of his childhood was spent in Vermont, and he graduated from Vermont High School in 1936 where he participated in baseball, basketball, and track. During his adolescence, Max and his siblings delivered milk to homes and stores in the town as part of a family business. In June of 1940, Max joined the Army Air Signal Corps, which was responsible for air to ground communications. In December of 1941, he was shipped overseas to England where he served during World War II, and later he served in Belgium and France. Max was awarded the bronze star for developing a system of sending multiple teletype messages simultaneously. He was honorably discharged in October 1945 as a Staff Sergeant. Prior to shipping out to England while stationed in New Orleans, Max met Audrey Segari. They corresponded regularly while he was overseas and got married on August 18, 1945 upon his return. They raised their three sons, Darryl, Bruce, and Don, in New Orleans. During this time Max first worked as a coding, classification, and accounting clerk for the War Assets Administration. Later he worked for Mechanical Equipment Co. in diesel sales. During most of his adult life, Max was employed as a salesman, parts department clerk and manager in diesel sales for Cummins Sales and Service in Metairie, Louisiana. For over 25 years, Max sang with the Mardi Gras Barbershop Chorus of New Orleans. The chorus traveled to many cities for competitions and sang at the New Orleans World's Fair. For 38 years, Max was also a member of American Legion Post 267 of Jefferson. During his retirement years, Max enjoyed traveling, visiting family, golf, bowling and playing canasta with friends. He was an avid football fan, was a member of Charlie's Saints Club, and attended Saints' games regularly. Max was predeceased by his parents and his wife. He is survived by his three sons, their wives, and children'Darryl and Beth Clark of Lafayette, Louisiana and their son Jonathan; Bruce and Lauren Clark of Richmond, Virginia and their daughters Jennifer and Dana; Don and Andrea Clark of Seattle, Washington and their children Arie, Kira, Mikaela, Leah, Joshua, Daniel and Bethany. He also has six great grandchildren. Additionally, Max is survived by his brother Duane Clark of Mountain Lake, Minnesota, his sister Mary Lois Hierman of Springfield, Illinois and special friend Myrtis Kern of Metairie, Louisiana. Visitation will be held at Delhomme Funeral Home of Lafayette on Friday from 9:30 am until the time of service. The family wishes to thank Dr. Kenneth McCarron, Dr. John Mickey, Dr. Maximo Lamarche, and Dr. Akshey Gupta for their excellent care at the end of Max's life. They also wish to thank the staff of Camelot of Broussard Assisted Living and Nursing Home for their care and concern these past three years. In addition, they would like to express appreciation to Hospice of Acadiana and Lafayette General Hospital for helping to manage Max's end of life care. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Max's name may be made to the National Kidney Foundation of LA. (www.kidneyla.org), Orphan Relief and Rescue (www.orphanreliefandrescue.org), or Hospice of Acadiana, 2600 Johnston St. Suite 200, Lafayette, LA. 70503. Personal condolences may be sent to the Clark family at www.delhommefuneralhome.com. Delhomme Funeral Home, 1011 Bertrand Drive, Lafayette, is in charge of funeral arrangements.

Max W. Clark

August 24, 1919 - November 9, 2010