Norma Jean Stark Clarke, 81, of Beaumont, died Monday, November 10, 2014, at Memorial Hermann Houston Hospitals. She was born on March 1, 1933, to Hester Hyre Stark and Lewis Glenn Stark, in Petersburg, West Virginia.
Survivors include her husband of sixty-two years, Morris Clarke; daughters, Melody Willey and her husband, Richard; Tara Coco and her husband, Scott Wallace; and Colleen Clarke; son, Mike Clarke and his wife, Cathy; sisters, Naomi Cisper and her husband, Tom; Ruth Puffenbauger and her husband, George; and Mary Catherine Hyre Hughes and her husband, Charles; grandchildren, Sam Coco, Anthony Coco, Jude Coco, Rachel Coco, Adam Willey, and Jake Willey; three great-grandchildren, Lily Coco, Finn Coco, and Max Coco.
She is preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Lewis Glenn Stark, Jr.
A memorial service for Mrs. Clarke will be at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, November 15, 2014, at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 1350 North 23rd Street, Beaumont, under the direction of Broussard’s, 1605 North Major Drive, Beaumont. A gathering will follow her service in the Parlor at the church.
