BURLEY—Alma Card Clark, age 100, passed away peacefully in Burley, Idaho, on Sunday, February 6, 2022, just two weeks shy of his 101st birthday.
He was born in Afton, Wyoming, February 20, 1921, to Alma Porter and Lavinia Irene (Card) Clark. He grew up in humble circumstances in Wyoming (mainly Star Valley) and Utah, with two older sisters, two younger brothers, and three younger sisters. Though raised in the often rough and tumble environment of a ranch, their home was a place of music, literature, hard-work, strong family relationships and church service. Those hardscrabble days significantly molded Alma into an adventuresome, inventive and risk-taking young man. After graduating from Afton High School, he attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, for three quarters (1940 – 1941), where, in a social dance class, he met the love of his life. On August 12, 1941, he married…
