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Author Biography
Rose Mary Clarke writes a weekly column about life experiences.
Rose Mary Clarke started writing columns for the Knightstown Banner when she was in high school. A graduate of Knightstown High School, Ball State and Indiana University, she taught French at Franklin Central High School and Howe High School. Her husband, daughter Victoria and she lived in Irvington for many years. She and Bill currently live in Warren Park.
She was a Realtor for over twenty years and returned to writing columns about twelve years ago. Her weekly column that also appears in the Weekly View is about life experiences — travel, nature, the arts and the funny/sad events of the past. She is an avid reader and enjoys writing, cooking and eating good food.
She has published a book of some of her columns that is called Ramblings: A Stroll Down Memory Lane with Henry David Thoreau.
Rose Mary Clarke passed away October 26, 2017.
Rose Mary Clarke’s Story Archive
Voices From the Past — Home Places
Regardless of nationality, culture or era, human behavior is universal. I have written about my family’s old home place and the forced relocation — sometimes at gunpoint — of the native Americans who lived in Indiana and elsewhere. Recently there was television coverage about China. “So that the people will … Read More
Shadow and Sunshine
Last week I wrote about the prehistoric stone axe head that was plowed up at my ancestors’ Old Home Place. Because it’s the only thing that I possess from the Kelly side of my family and because it’s so old, it is precious to me. Bill and I are devotees … Read More
Voice From the Past
“One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh.” — The Old Testament, “Ecclesiastes” My Indiana roots run deep. My mother’s people were pioneers who settled near what is now Michigantown, a few miles from Frankfort. I’ve written often about the Kellys’ Old Home Place that was venerated by my grandfather’s … Read More
Matters of the Heart, Continued
During several stays over the past fifty years at an eastside hospital near our home, Bill and I have received excellent care from competent, kind physicians, nurses and aides, and the menu has been upgraded. However, it’s impossible to get much sleep in health care facilities. They need to check … Read More