She is my Great-Great Grandmother. I believe she died 7 Dec 1902, at the age of 83,in Rollis Township at the home of her son, Allen W. Clark. I have a handwritten copy of the obituary but I would love to have an actual copy from the newspaper. She is, I believe, buried at the Grygla cemetary, if there is such a place. Any other information on her would be most prized. I have searched for her parents names with no luck for the past 40 years.
ALL HELP APPRECIATED.
Thank You, David Clark

Yes, there is a place called Grygla. The town's web page is located at: http://www.grygla.govoffice2.com/ While you're at that site, look at the history information. At the time Sarah died in 1902, the town was about 3 years old and the area was mainly swamp and bog.

The original obituary for Mrs. Clark appeared in the 1 Jan 1903 Warren Sheaf newspaper in Warren, Minnesota. If you go to www.pvillage.org and type in "Clark" in the general search box, a listing of all the Clark info in their files comes up....including the "Mrs. Clark" obituary I mentioned. Information on how to order a copy of the obituary is included on this page. Allen W's obituary appeared in 3 different newspapers. The information on the publication date for that is listed also at www.pvillage.org

Sarah's death is not listed at www.mnhs.org (the Minnesota State Historical Society's on-line birth and death certificate info web site). It looks like her son's is there, though.

Sarah died when Grygla was quite new, and as far as I can tell, it is possible that a pastor visiting the community led her burial service. The people in Grygla could possibly tell you more.

www.pvillage.org mentions that it is possible Sarah was buried in "Rollis". This is a township in Marshall county near Grygla. The town of Gatzke is there. The Marshall county History book mentions that "Rollis township is named for Mr. Rollis who kept the first grocery store in the area and consequently the first post office was named Rollis...Fram, which was run by Ruth C. Clark, was a mile and one-half west of what is now Gatzke" (pg 637) In another location, I saw a mention that "Fram" may be the original name of Gatzke.

The following link will bring you to an 1909 plat map for Rollis township. John and Andrew Clark both owned land in section 16 at the time this map was drawn up (note: each section is one mile square).

http://www.pvillage.org/townships/Marshall-1909/Rollis.jpg

Hope this information helps!

Deb Hanson

If she is buried at Grygla, it would probably be St. Petri or possibly the St. Olaf Cemetery. It is more likely, given where she lived, that she is buried at Moose River Cemetery in Gatzke. There is also the Northwood Cemetery on the western edge of Beltrami County. A number of people from the Grygla area are buried there.

Barbara