Wayne Clark
April 13, 1970~Jan. 23, 2010
On Saturday, Jan. 23, Wayne Clark of Green River, Wyo., was snowmobiling with his friends up Lost Creek — east of Baggs, Wyo. — when he met an untimely death.
Woodrow Wayne Clark was born April 13, 1970, in Farmington, N.M., to Larry and Ann Clark.
Wayne started his education attending pre-kindergarten in Holland while his family was residing there and learned to speak Dutch with the children. He started his American education in Evanston, Wyo., and then his family moved to Baggs in 1977, where Wayne attended school and graduated from high school in December of 1989.
Wayne married Tanya Sarah Mobley, daughter of Alan and Charlotte Mobley, Dec. 29, 1993, in Meeker, where the bride grew up. The couple lived in and around the Baggs area, Rock Springs and most recently in Green River, where Wayne worked as a truck driver in oil field-related jobs. He continued to return to his home stomping grounds as a local of the Snake River Valley, where his friends and family reside and his love of hunting, fishing and snowmobile activities. Both Wayne and Tanya have many friends and are known to everyone around Baggs.
Wayne and Tanya are blessed with three sons, Brody, Dalton and Jaxson. Wayne was an avid snowmobiler, hunter and fisherman with a love of the outdoors and passed this enthusiasm on to his sons.
Wayne is survived by his wife of 16 years, Tanya; three sons; Brody Wayne, 12, Dalton Roy, 9, and Jaxson Lee, 6 of Green River. His father and mother, Larry and Ann Clark; brother Steven and wife Jennifer; nieces Courtney, Ashley, Brianna and nephew Clayton all of Baggs. Grandmother Vera Clark of Farmington, N.M., along with aunts, uncles and cousins. Also several family members living in Meeker.
Wayne is preceded in death by his grandfather Woodrow Clark and his father-in-law Alan Mobley.
Services were held in Baggs with internment at the Reader Cemetery in Savery on Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations may be made to the Wayne Clark Memorial Fund, Trona Valley Federal Credit Union, 840 Hitching Post Drive, Green River, WY 82935.