JOYCE M. CLARK

Dateline/Kingman

Joyce M. Clark, 85, died Jan. 31, 2022 at the Cheney Golden Age Home, Cheney.

She was born Feb. 17, 1936, at Mitchell, Kansas the daughter of Joseph "J.B." and Jessie Bain Rife.  A longtime Kingman resident, she was operations manager at Great Plains Dental in Kingman.

Joyce was a member of the United Methodist Church and the Rotary Club, both of Kingman.

On Nov. 5, 1977, she married Kenneth Clark; he died March 6, 2020.  Survivors include two sons and their wives Bobby and Marnie Mellott and Tommy Mellott and Angela Courage; daughter Carolyn McClaflin and her husband Dallas; sister Josephine Yager; 10 grandchildren; and numerous grand and great-grandchildren.  She was also preceded in death by a son Jimmy Mellott; and sisters Joann Feldman and Jean O'Dell.

Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Friday at the Kingman United Methodist Church.  Friends may call from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.  Thursday at the Livingston Funeral Home with the family present from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.  Burial will be in the Walnut Hill Cemetery.

Memorials may be made with the Cheney Golden Age Home in care of the funeral home.