lark Andresen was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1904 and was two years old when his family moved to Seattle, Washington. At the age of 18, Clark left to join his brother, Moritz, who had already settled in Anchorage. Clark finished high school in Anchorage and graduated with the class of 1925. While in high school, he obtained a part-time job with Brown and Hawkins mercantile company, and, when the Anchorage store closed in 1927, he was transferred to Seward. He managed the hardware department in the Seward store until he was offered a job with the Hunt and Mottet Hardware wholesaler in Tacoma, Washington.

The Hunt and Mottet people recognized Clark’s sales ability and wanted him on their team as the Alaska representative. They were not wrong in their judgment, as Clark proved to be a real go-getter and literally put Hunt and Mottet on the map in Alaska. He traveled throughout Alaska for the next forty-two years and took on other lines, including Zellerbach Paper Company and Brown and Bigelow.

In 1939 Clark married a young beauty named Marjorie “Midge” Reeve. Born in Roseburg, Oregon, she had come to Alaska with her parents in 1933. Clark and Midge were married in Fairbanks, however they settled in Anchorage, where they raised their family. Clark was an avid baseball fan and was known throughout Alaska as “Mr. Baseball” due to his prowess as a player in his younger days. The Andresens retired to the Seattle area in 1976, and Clark spent his spare time watching baseball games. He died in Seattle in 1992, whereupon Midge returned to Anchorage.

The union of Clark and Midge produced three daughters. Scarlett Kay DuBois, born in 1942, had one son and one daughter: Kash Shawn Brouillet, born in 1961 and Tara Desiree Brouillet, born in 1964. Judy LaVerne Rosenberg, born in 1944, had one son and one daughter: Robert Clark Martin, born in 1961 and Machele Kristen Ruthemeyer, born in 1964. Candice Reeve Jennings, born in 1950, had a son and a daughter, Lewis Paul, born in 1973 and Greta Maria, born in 1981.