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Barnes, Kan. — Services for Kaden Lawrence Clark, 4, Barnes, were Wednesday, Feb. 3, at Immanuel Lutheran Church west of Linn. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Kaden died Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010, at Children’s Hospital in Omaha, Neb.
He was born March 17, 2005, at Overland Park, the son of Kevin and Laura (Hiesterman) Clark. He was baptized July 3, 2005, at Emmaus Lutheran Church, Bonner Springs, by Pastor Gaylen Burrow. Kaden’s sponsors were Daniel Hiesterman and Jackie Clark.
Kaden loved learning, reading books, swimming, playing outside and dancing. He was an eager student at the TLEC Preschool in Greenleaf.
Kaden was preceded in death by second cousins Tyler Clark and Baily Clark.
Survivors include his parents, Kevin and Laura; grandparents, Ernest and Cindy Hiesterman, Barnes, and Ronald and Darlene Clark, Clay Center; aunts and uncles, Jeremy and Kate Olson, Palmer, Daniel and Lydia Hiesterman, rural Washington, Kan., Jackie Clark, Manhattan; two cousins, William and Elizabeth Olson; great-grandparents, Elsie Hiesterman, Linn, Norma and Sweeney Megenity, Barnes, and Donald and Wanda Clark, Beloit.
The family suggests memorials to TLEC Preschool at Greenleaf or for playground equipment at the Odd Fellows Park in Barnes. Contributions may be sent in care of Ward Funeral Home, 408 Fourth St., Linn, KS 66953.