Sunday of December 3, 2017 the Granite Falls community lost a member named Jeffrey Clark. Jeffery or commonly called Jeff was an extraordinary young man who had a whole life in front of him. Jeff left us all before we were ready for him to go but one wonderful thing he left behind, his beautiful little girl Renesmee Rose Clark.
Jeff was born on August 6, 1998 and sadly passed on December 3, 2017. He was a kind and caring young man who wore his heart on his sleeve. He had a way of making everyone feel loved and special and I think that was his best quality. He sometimes didn't make the best decisions, like using a sparkler bomb to blow up a mailbox, but it's those kind of memories that keep him alive in our hearts.
Jeff’s candle lighting was something small that the community and his friends and family put together so we can all have a moment to take a break and remember all the good times that we shared with him. As his friends and his family told stories there were some of us that stood in silence just listening as if all happened yesterday.
I hate that there are people saying he took the easy way out, there is absolutely nothing easy about suicide, and it breaks my heart to think that he thought that he had no one by his side but in all reality he had the whole community. On Monday, December 11, we are holding Jeffrey's memorial service at the Granite Falls High School Gym. I know it would the world to Jeff’s family and friends if you could be there to show your support.
-Rhiannon Conrad
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