ESTHER DARLENE CLOW STARK

Esther Darlene Clow Stark, 84, of Ewing, Mo., left this world on November 3, 2024, to join her Lord and Savior.  Darlene was born October 26, 1940, to parents Woodrow Lee Clow and Opal Fern Alderton Clow. 
She attended Ewing School and graduated in the spring of 1958.  While in high school, she accompanied the choir on the piano and later she played the organ in her church.  She had a love of music and would frequently join in with friends and sing together.
She later married Fred Darwin Stark on December 24, 1958.  During her married life she worked as a homemaker in the home and had occasional jobs in the area cleaning homes for families that she knew.  She also worked at some of the local restaurants.  She enjoyed gardening and the canning of her harvest and cultivating her flowers in her yard.  She dearly loved her many fur baby companions through the years. She loved visiting with her dear friends and relatives.  In her later days her favorite things to do were to eat out and have Mexican, pizza, powdered sugar donuts and Pepsi.
Survivors include her beloved fur baby, Casper, sister, Letha Fern (Larry) Bailey, Quincy; niece Carmen Griffith, Quincy. Great nephew Jordan (Megan) Loscher, Quincy.  Great niece Bethany Loscher, Georgetown, Tx.  A nephew who was like a son to her and Darwin, Tom (Laurie) Stark of Maywood. Numerous nieces, nephews, and great, great nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Darwin Stark and infant twins Marsena Raschell and Maurice Ray Stark. 
 Funeral services: Friday, November 8, 2024 at 11a.m. at the Ball-Davis Funeral Home in Ewing, Mo., with Rev. Dewayne Larenson officiating. Visitation: Preceding services from 9 a.m. until time of services in the funeral home. Burial: Ewing Memorial Cemetery. Music will be: “When we all get to Heaven” & “The Old Rugged Cross”
Pallbearers will be:  Andrew Stark, Aaron Stark, Austin Stark, Kevin Kelley, Cole Lair and Sterling Lair.
Memorials:Heartland Resources Nutrition Program, Hospice of Northeast Missouri or donor’s choice. Online condolences: www.davis-fh.com.