Obit Index
Updated: 07 Apr 2013

Daily Oklahoman, The 
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 
January 11, 2009

Carolyn Jane (Janey) Clark died peacefully on Friday, January 9, 2009 at her home in Mustang, OK as a result of breast cancer. The third child of Jess Winson and Ethel Mary (Vorhis) Hopkins, Janey was born December 20, 1943 at the home of her maternal grandparents, southwest of Chandler in Lincoln County, OK.

Janey was raised in Oklahoma City and graduated from Putnam City High School in 1962. She moved to Mustang, OK in 1972. Janey loved babies and taught toddlers in Sunday School for 48 years, first at Putnam City Methodist Church in Warr Acres, then at Chisholm Heights Baptist Church in Mustang. She enjoyed her work as a secretary. She worked for American Fidelity Insurance Co. for 26 years and for Hobby Lobby Mfg. for 7 years before retiring in May 2007.

She was preceded in death by her parents and an infant great nephew, Garrett Shaffer.

Survivors include her brother and sister-in-law John and Sharon Hopkins of Guthrie sister and brother-in-law, Mary and Richard Amen of Oklahoma City four nieces, Julie and Craig Stone of Stillwater, Jesica and Mark Cannon of Oklahoma City, Dixie and Randy Shaffer of Guthrie and Lacy Amen of Oklahoma City also by two great nieces Keela Stone and Bailey Shaffer, and special friend Bill Owens of Mustang. Services will be held at 10am on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at Chisholm Heights Baptist Church in Mustang. Janey will be laid to rest across the road from where she was born in Star Valley Cemetery, Southwest of Chandler, OK. Arrangements are being handled by McNeil's Mustang Funeral Service, Mustang, Oklahoma.

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Compiled, transcribed and submitted by Marti Graham, Oklahoma County, OKGenWeb Coordinator, January 2009. Information posted for educational purposes for viewers and researchers. The contributor is not related to nor researching any of the above.

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