Art A Lynch

Arthur "Art" A. Lynch, age 87, Clark, died peacefully in the Golden Living Center at Clark on Wednesday evening, November 19, 2014 Visitation will be held on Sunday, November 23, 2014 from 3-5PM with a Liturgical Wake Service beginning at 5PM all in the St. Michael's Catholic Church at Clark. A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday, November 24, 2014 at 10AM in the St. Michael's Catholic Church with The Reverend John Short officiating. Music will be furnished by the St. Michael's Choir and Trevor Forest. The active casketbearers will be Lance, Harley, and Christopher Lynch, Samantha Tessmer, Daniel Sheehan and Trevor Forest. The honorary casketbearers will be all of his other grandchildren and great-grandchildren and the Dan Duenwald bus crew. Following the mass, there will be a dinner served in the Church hall. Burial will follow in the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery near Lily, SD. He was born Arthur Aloysius Lynch on June 15, 1927 at Bradley, SD, the son of Aloysius and Marion (Cassin) Lynch. He attended school at Lily through the 12th grade. After graduating he helped coach basketball at Lily. On December 31, 1947 he was united in marriage to Alice Olive Anderson in the Parish House at Bristol. He always knew on New Year's Eve there would be a dance somewhere! The couple lived and farmed near Lily for many years where they raised grain, and also were dairy and hog producers as well. Art also drove school bus at Lily and Clark, a "career" he began while still in high school, during the early 1940's and after over 30 years, retired from driving when he was working for his good friend, Dan Duenwald, at the age of 80. He was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church in Clark. One of his greatest joys was driving the activity busses and being with all the kids over the years on the bus routes. He enjoyed watching his grandchildren's sporting events, hunting pheasants and being an avid fan of the Minnesota Twins. Art was very proud of his Irish heritage and the Lynch family reunions. Art also enjoyed working word searches, country music, dancing (especially at the Lily Legion Dances), driving and tinkering on old cars and all knew he had a sweet tooth, especially the rosettes made by his sweetheart. Grateful for having shared in his life is his wife of nearly 67 years, Alice of Clark, children, Larry (Cheri) Lynch of Clark and children, Lance (Iryna), Jessica, Andrew(Shelly), Jason(Heidi)and Heidi, Doug (Janet)Lynch of Webster and sons, Harley (Shannon)and Blake(Brandi), Greg (Judy) Lynch of Lily and children, Christopher (Kerrie), Jonas (Lauren), Sarah (Dean), Patrick and Bryce (Amanda), Ann Voorhees of Willmar, MN and children, Samantha (Dereck), Andrea (David), Alicia (Trevor) and Kelsey (Aaron), Mary (Kevin) Lynch-Sheehan of Willmar, MN and children Daniel (Lisa), Tessa(Grant) and Erin and Monica (Brent) Forest of Clark and children, Trevor (Ashlyn), Jared (Candra) and Rory and Madison and 23 great-grandchildren, Hogan, Jaycee, Tabitha, Sophia, Kevin, Zlata, Jayden, Cayden, Cheyenne, Milla, Andrew, Jeffrey, Gavin, Cheyenne, Kaitlyn, Piper, Bella, Jordan, Jackson, Killian, Lucus, Desolina, McKoy and 4 pending! He also leaves three beloved siblings, Theresa (Robert) Schuring of Andover, SD, Maxine Blair of Salinas, CA and Jerome Lynch of Las Vegas, NV. Preceding him in death were his parents, a grandson, Arthur Andrew Lynch, and 6 siblings, Kathleen, Loretta, Margaret, Mary, James and Veronica. Furness Funeral Home of Clark is serving the family where there is an on-line registry at www.furnessfuneralhome.com