Bernard Joseph DeClerk, 76, a member of St. Paul Church in Pocahontas, died April 20. He is survived by his wife, Aryliss "Arkie" DeClerk; daughters, Maria Bell, Catherine Jarrett, Mary Zitzelberger, Patricia Thielemier, all of Pocahontas, and Reagen Jacek of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.; sons, Ben DeClerk and Travis DeClerk of Pocahontas; 22 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; sisters, Mary Catherine Knotts of Little Rock and Betty Jane Coleman of Jamestown, Ky.; and a brother Rainer DeClerk of Pocahontas.
