Paul Alan Clark

Muncie - Paul Alan Clark, 64, passed away January 1, 2008. He was a Certified Public Accountant holding licenses in both Indiana and Ohio. He was employed as the Treasurer of The Merchants Property Insurance Company of Indiana in Indianapolis and was also an auditor for the Indiana Horse Racing Commission. He worked at both Hoosier Park in Anderson and Indiana Downs in Shelbyville. Paul married his wife Patricia L. Martin Wallace on September 13, 1980 and she survives him. A brother Harold L. Clark of Fort Myers, Florida and two nephews, Scott D. and Stephen D. Clark also survive him. He was born and raised in Fort Wayne. He graduated from North Side High School in Fort Wayne and from Indiana University in Bloomington with a B.S. degree in Business. He also attended the Graduate School of Business at Indiana University in Bloomington. He then joined an international CPA firm in Toledo, Ohio. Later, he moved back to Indiana and became a partner in an Anderson CPA firm. After leaving that firm, he started his own CPA firm in Anderson. He also worked in other accounting and income tax positions in the Anderson, Muncie, and central Indiana areas. He was a past president and director of the Anderson Noon Lions Club. He was a past state trustee of the Indiana Lions for Leader Dog. He also held numerous Lions district offices and several state Lions positions. He was awarded the Lions International Foundation?s Melvin Jones Fellowship award for his efforts in starting the Lions eyeglasses recycling project, which has now grown into a full Lions International project. He was also presented with the highest award of the Indiana Lions, the W.P. Woods award, for his long-time work with the Indiana Lions Foundation. He was a life member of the Indiana University Alumni Association; a life member and certified instructor of the National Rifle Association; a past director of the House of Hope; a past director and officer with a March of Dimes Chapter; a member of the Evans Scholars Foundation Alumni; and a member of several national, Indiana and Ohio accounting and income tax organizations and societies. He was an avid animal lover and is also survived by several of his dog and cat best buddies and kids. He was preceded in death by his parents, Harold L. & C. Ruth Kantzer Clark of Fort Wayne and his grandparents, Elwood and Clara Knowles Clark and George and Emma DeHaven Kantzer as well as several uncles and aunts. Services will be at 10:00 AM, Monday, January 7, 2008 at Robert D. Loose Funeral Homes & Crematory, North Chapel; 6061 State Road 9 North; Alexandria, with Rev. Paul Wohlford officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery-Fort Wayne. Visitation will be from 2-6 on Sunday, January 6, 2008 at the funeral home, north chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Leader Dog program of the Lions Club. www.LooseFuneralHomes.com