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Last Name	Clark
First Name	Melvin
Middle Name	E.
Maiden Name
Nick Name	Mike
Place of Birth	Sangerville, ME
Date of Birth	1910-09-01
Place of Death	Fort Knox, KY
Date of Death	1945-08-23
Publication	The Eastern Gazette 8-30-1945, p.1
Obituary	DEXTER SOLDIER DIES AT FORT KNOX, KY Cpl. Melvin (Mike) E. Clark, 35, died August 23rd at Fort Knox, Kentucky, where he has been hospitalized since undergoing an operation June 20, 1945. It was understood that he was gaining and he was expected home on a furlough at the time that the word came that he had passed away. He was born in Sangerville, September 1, 1910, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William J. Clark, whose residence in Dexter was at 10 Center street. The family moved to Dexter when he was a boy and he attended the local schools, graduating from N. H. Fay high school in 1929. On August 10, 1943 he was married to Miss Elsie Beaupre of this town. He attended St. Anne's Catholic church and was a member of Cardinal Mercier Council, Knights of Columbia. Before entering the army on March 23, 1942 he was employed at the Moosehead Woolen Mill in Corinna. Cpl. Clark's entire military career of three years and five months was spent at Fort Knox where he was for a time an instructor and later was engaged in clerical work. Surviving are his wife; four sisters, Miss Virginia Clark, R. N., and Miss Margaret Clark, R. N. of Bangor, Mrs. Cleora Goode and Miss Mary Clark of Guilford and two brothers, Pfc. James H. Clark, in Germany and Willard Clark of Hartford, Conn. The body was accompanied to Dexter by Pfc. Kenneth Gerry, who is stationed at Fort Knox, and was at the home of Mrs. Clark's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mack Beaupre, 29 Water Street until the hour of the funeral. The floral tributes were many and beautiful. Funeral services were held at St. Anne's Catholic church, Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock, with Lt. Col. Leonard LeClair, army chaplain and former assistant pastor at St. Anne's as celebrant at a solemn high mass. Rev. Fr. Harris of Greenville officiated as deacon and Rev. C. J. Enright of Dexter as sub-deacon. Members of the Knights of Columbia, the American Legion and Ladies Auxiliary and returned veterans attended in a body and there were many relatives and friends present to pay their last respects to the deceased. Places of business were closed during the hour of the funeral as a mark of esteem. Burial was at Mt. Pleasant cemetery where committal services were conducted by Lt. Col. LeClair, after which three volleys were fired by a firing squad from Dow Field, Bangor. Taps were then sounded by Rev. Gilman Lane at the grave with an echo in the distance by Lawrence Ronco. The bearers, all in uniform, were Sgt. Bernard Rabideau, Sgt. Horace Landry, Sgt. Eugene Goulette, Pfc. Gerald Dyer, Sgt. Thoreau Clukey, and Pfc. Kenneth Richard. Among those from out of town attending the services were the Misses Virginia and Margaret Clark of Bangor; Willard Clark of Hartford, Conn., Mrs. Cleora Goode and Miss Mary Clark of Guilford; Mr. and Mrs. Leo Clukey of Brewer; Pfc. Gerald Beaupre of Ft. Wetherill, R.I.; Mrs. Stella Weymouth, Mrs. Ernest Bryant, Sangerville; Mrs. Corinne Walsh, Mrs. Andrew Violette, Miss Blanche Violette, Millinocket; Mrs. Bertha Seilhan, Hallowell; Fred Desjardins, Fort Fairfield; Mrs. Peter Gardiner, Caribou; Mr. and Mrs. Llewellyn Cyr, Presque Isle. Note: photo accompanied article