Joyce Darlene Clarke

December 17, 1933 - May 4, 2014

Medicine Lodge ~ Joyce Darlene (Renberger) Clarke, 80, of Medicine Lodge, KS died Sunday, May 4, 2014 at Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital, Medicine Lodge, KS. She was born on December 17, 1933 in LaCrosse, KS, the daughter of Glen Henry Renberger and Laura Mae (Volkel) Renberger. She graduated from Fort Hays Kansas State University with a degree in business where she was a member of the Theta Sigma Upsilon Sorority. She was a homemaker, a substitute teacher, and also worked at the Lincoln Library in Medicine Lodge, and at the Medicine Lodge Grade and Middle School Libraries. Joyce loved her family more than anything and just wanted her kids to have good hearts. Hidden attributes you may not have been aware of are: her love of demolition derbies, her love of fishing, her love of quilting, she was a "Lone Ranger" fan, she loved year-round Christmas music, she loved playing bridge with her friends and Royal Rummy with her family, she only used liquor in recipes that called for it and would dump what she didn't use down the street gutter, her use of one cuss word was only because it was crucial for the joke she was telling, her orneriness (although this attribute was not as hidden.) One attribute she wore like a beacon was her love for Jesus. Joyce was a member of Community Bible Fellowship Church, the Church Women’s Group, and P.E.O.; all in Medicine Lodge. On December 26, 1954, she married John W. Clarke in LaCrosse, KS. He survives. Surviving, in addition to her husband John, are one son, Jeff (Robbie) Clarke of Medicine Lodge, KS; three daughters, Kathy (Greg) Elder of Houston, TX, Connie (Dennis) McDaniel of Durango, CO, and Kay Clarke of Manhattan, KS; 8 grandchildren & 4 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Everett Renberger of LaCrosse, KS and Duane Renberger of Richland, WA. Joyce was preceded in death by her parents, one brother, Dale Renberger, and two sisters, Irene Mutch and Fern Fishburn. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at Larrison Funeral Home, 120 E. Lincoln, Medicine Lodge, KS 67104, where the family will receive friends from 7:00-8:00 p.m. The Funeral Service will be at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at Community Bible Fellowship, Medicine Lodge, KS with Pastor Dwain Richert presiding. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Medicine Lodge, KS. Memorials may be made to Community Bible Fellowship or The Alzheimer’s Association, both in care of the funeral home. Condolences may be left at www.larrisonmortuary.com