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The Mt. Adams Sun, White Salmon, WA., July 4, 1957, page 1

TEENAGE GIRL DIES IN FALL UNDER HORSE

Nancy Emma Clark, 13-year-old W.S. 7th grader, received fatal injuries at 5 p.m. Sunday, June 30, when she fell from a runaway horse.
According to Nancy's father, Delbert (Stub) Clark, Nancy was riding with her friend Tanene Stauch, midway between the Clark and Stauch ranches on top of Burdoin when the tragedy happened.
Tanene's father, Marion Stauch rushed Nancy to Skyline Hospital where she died at 9:45 p.m., presumably from a skull fracture. Her multiple injuries broken leg, arm, shoulder and head -indicated she had been trampled.
Nancy was born March 14, 1944 in Lewiston, Idaho and the Clarks came to White Salmon in 1950. They have two other daughters, Carol June, 11, and Geraldine Frances. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Bailey of White Salmon.
Nancy's funeral was held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 3, at Gardner's Funeral Home. The Methodist Rev. Oscar Olson officiated. Burial was in the Odd Fellows cemetery.
Pall bearers were James E. Cooke, Marion Stauch, Wesley Cooke, Virgil Hughes, Amel Burris and Lon Yarnell.

The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., July 4, 1957, page 1

Nancy Emma Clark, 13, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert R. Clark of Snowden Rt., White Salmon died Monday evening of injuries received when she fell from a horse she had been riding near the family home.
It was believed that the girl was either kicked or had been stepped on by the halter ridden horse.
She passed away at Skyline Hospital of a skull fracture 3½ hours after the accident.
Nancy Emma Clark was born on March 14, 1944 at Lewiston, Idaho, the daughter of Delbert R. and Eliece Maxine Clark. The family home is seven miles northeast of White Salmon on the Snowden road. They had lived in this district since 1950.
She is survived by her parents and two sisters, Carol June and Geraldine Frances, and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Bailey of White Salmon.
Pall bearers were: James E. Cooke, Wesley Cooke, Marion Stauch, Emil Burris, Virgil Hughes and Lon Yarnell.
Rev. Oscar Olson of the Methodist Church officiated at the services held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Gardner's Funeral home here. Interment was in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery here.