Thelma Jane Turner Blain Clark of Tecumseh died Wednesday in Oklahoma City. She was 91.

She was born January 8, 1910, in Lebanon, Oklahoma, to Marshall and Myrtle Parrish Turner. She grew up in Sparks and attended Sparks Schools.

On July 21, 1928, she married Oscar Blain in Chandler and he preceded her in death May 6, 1962.

She married H. R. "Buster" Clark on April 7, 1972, in Maud. He preceded her in death on January 14, 1988.

Mrs. Clark had lived in the Harjo and Tecumseh area since 1939. She and her first husband owned a grocery store near Harjo from 1939 to 1955. She later was a dietician at a Shawnee hospital.

She was a member of the Rebekah's Lodge of Tecumseh.

Survivors include six sons and four daughters-in-law, Raymond Blain, Shawnee; Kenneth and Joan Blain, Konawa; Bob and Fern Blain, Bakersfield, California; Don and Sue Blain, Midwest City; Merle and Judy Blain, Maypearl, Texas; and Bill Blain, Tecumseh; three daughters and a son-in-law, Marie Lott, Bakersfield; Melba and Jack Marsh and Margaret Outlaw, all of Tecumseh; two brothers, Marvin Turner, Gustine, California; and Gail Turner, Tishomingo; twenty three grandchildren; thirty seven great-grandchildren and twelve great-great-grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by her parents, four brothers, Raymond, Herman, Vernon and Densel Turner and a sister, Lois Turner.

Services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday at Cooper Funeral Chapel, Tecumseh, with Kenny Myers officiating.

Burial will be in White Dove Cemetery, Sparks.

Published May 4, 2001.