Michael Clark

Michael J. Clark passed away on Friday, August 21, 2026 at Northside Forsyth Hospital, in Cumming, GA. He was born on August 29, 1949 in Columbus, Ohio to the late James and Geraldine Clark.

Mike graduated from Painesville Harvey High School and received a B.S. and M.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. He began his career as a Research Engineer at Amoco Oil Company in Whiting, IN, and later joined BP Chemicals as a Consultant for North American and Europe.

Mike was a lifelong learner, studying German, French, and Italian languages and, after retirement, woodworking. Faith was important to him and showed it by being very active in the Catholic Church. His family was also important to him and enjoyed hosting “Camp Grandma” for all four of the grandchildren for a week each summer. He cheered on his children and grandchildren in all their endeavors. He was a skilled woodworker and member of Northwest Indiana Woodworkers, Woodworkers Guild of Georgia, and Gwinnett Woodworkers Guild. Mike served the Army National Guard for 6 years in Ohio and Illinois during his early adulthood. He’s an active member of Good Shepherd Knights of Columbus and, earlier, St. Patrick’s Knights of Columbus in Indiana. He also enjoyed playing euchre and pinochle.

Mike is survived by his wife, Anna (Nedolast) Clark; 3 children, Christopher (Chantel) Clark of Dawsonville, GA; David (Jamie) Clark of Brownsburg, IN, and Karen (John) Kugler of Alpharetta, GA; 4 grandchildren James Kugler, and Neil, Samantha, and Katherine Clark; brother Robert (Michelle) Clark and sister Carol (William) Carpenter; brothers and sisters-in-law Roger (Amy) Nedolast, Janice (Richard) Miller, Larry (Julie) Nedolast, Ann Nedolast, and Sylvia Nedolast; and numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, Mike was preceded in death by his in laws, Albert and Suzanne Nedolast and brothers-in-law, Gerald, James, and William Nedolast.

Memorials may be made to American Diabetes Association, Good Shepherd Catholic Church Faith Formation, or St. Jude’s Hospital. Interment will be at St. Bernard’s Cemetery, New Washington, Ohio, at a later date.

Visitation will be held from 6:00pm-8:00pm on Thursday, August 27th, 2026.

A funeral mass will be held on Friday, August 28th, 2026 at 1:00pm at the Church of The Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Cumming, Georgia on Holtzclaw Road.