Rena Olene Foster-Clark (1944-2010)
Funeral services for Rena Olene Foster-Clark, 65, of Portales, will be at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, May 25, 2010, at the Wheeler Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Mike Tucker officiating. Burial will follow at Portales Cemetery with J.R. Fitzwater, P.J. Fitzwater, Wes Clark, Grant Clark, Jerry Clark, Aaron Gaddy, and Chris Wallette as Pallbearers. Honorary Pallbearers for Olene will be all her friends and family, her Sunday school class and members of her bowling league.
Olene was born on December 3, 1944, in Humboldt, TN, to Horace and Kate Olene (Palmer) Stegall and passed away on May 21, 2010, in Muleshoe, TX. She was partners in Joe's Flower Shop with Linda Ward-Bell for 32 years. She was a devout Christian as well as very devoted to her family. She was also a very talented artist, an avid bowler, a seamstress, and she also loved to go fishing as well as going to family reunions and get togethers.
Olene was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Louie F. Bell and John P. Stegall, and numerous other brothers and sisters. She is also preceded by previous husbands, Jerald Ray Foster, Sr. and Garner M. Clark, Sr. and a daughter, Beverly Kay Foster.
Olene is survived by her brother, Dennis Harris of Dallas, TX; her sister-in-law, Linda Ward-Bell of Portales; her children, Jerry Foster, Jr. and wife, Brook of Louisiana, Rebecca Fitzwater-Chandler of Portales, Kenneth Foster and wife, Barbara of Colorado, Garner Clark, Jr. and wife, Robin of Hobbs, NM, Rhonda Hoff of Waco, TX, and Cary Clark and wife, Davee of Ft. Worth, TX. Also surviving Olene are her nephews, Bryan Johnson of Albuquerque, NM, Mark Dillard of Portales, NM, and numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, and nieces and nephews.
Arrangements are with Wheeler Mortuary of Portales. 575 356-4455.