June 24, 2020
Community activist Clara Kirk died on June 8, 2020 at age 79 and spent 30 years running two shelters in Englewood for battered women and their children. Photo credit: By Wendell Hutson
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CLARA KIRK REMEMBERED AS SAVIOR FOR ABUSED WOMEN AND A CHAMPION FOR ENGLEWOOD
Those who knew her best said the late Clara Kirk was more than a philanthropist, but a mother and grandmother to countless women and children she encountered during her time as a champion for the less fortunate.