Wayne Clark

Wayne Clark, 96, of Star, Idaho, and formerly of Enterprise, died May 31 at a care center. A memorial service will begin at 2 p.m. Friday at Bollman Funeral Home, 315 W. Main St. in Enterprise. Burial will be at the Prairie Creek Cemetery in Joseph.

Mr. Clark was born Sept. 23, 1909, to Frank and Viola Clark on a homestead in Hill City, Idaho. He graduated from high school in Carey, Idaho, and attended the University of Idaho. In the early 1930's he married Anna Browning. In 1959 he married Ival Deckard. With his brother, Tom, he bought a ranch south of Bellevue where he farmed and raised cattle for several decades.

He served as Blaine County watermaster, and from 1949 to 1965 he was a Blaine County commissioner. He was president of the Yellowstone Highway District, and was an extra in several movies, doubling for Cesar Romero in "Wintertime" and appearing as a gunfighter in "Northwest Passage." He was inducted into the Idaho Cattleman's Association Hall of Fame in 1977. He was a member of the Sawtooth Rangers Riding Club and served as president. He trained and bred quarter horses and took fourth place at the world championships of chariot racing in Elko, Nev.

In the late 1970's he leased his ranch and the family moved to Wallowa County where they purchased part of the Monument Ranch on Joseph Creek. After a short return to the Bellevue ranch, the family bought another place seven miles north of Enterprise. The couple lived in an assisted living home in Joseph. After the death of his wife he moved to Star.

Survivors include grandchildren, Richard Walker of Richfield, Idaho, and Kent Laverty of Boise; several great-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren, and other relatives. A daughter, Betty Clark Laverty, and his siblings, Tom, Jessie May, Vern, Frances, Helen and Champ, all died earlier.