Rosemarie Ann (Clark) Faulkner

Rosemarie Anne (Clark) Faulkner, 79, of Indianapolis passed away on January 17, 2026, at St. Augustine Home for the Aged.  Rosemarie was born September 27, 1946, in St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette, Indiana to Cletus and Theresa (Scheetz) Clark who have preceded her in death.  

Rosemarie grew up in Wolcott and attended Sacred Heart Grade School in Remington through 8th grade.  She went to “the Mount” as an aspirant with the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration and graduated from St. Francis High School, Mishawaka, in 1964. She attended St. Joseph's College in Rensselaer, where she earned her degrees in Journalism and Theology in 1968.  She put her degrees to work at Our Sunday Visitor newspaper in Huntington, Indiana, before being inspired to join the Peace Corps.  As a Peace Corps Volunteer, she was sent to the small African country of Lesotho, where she lived among the Basotho people from 1971-1973 and taught English at the village school.  Upon her return to Indiana, she continued working in journalism at the Lafayette Journal and Courier until 1978.

Fifty years ago, on January 2, 1976, she married Jim at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Lafayette.  She was a member of St. Louis de Montfort Catholic Church in Fishers and has been blessed to spend the last years of her life under the loving care of the Little Sisters of the Poor at St. Augustine Home.

Rosemarie is survived by her husband, James Faulkner; daughter, Alexis (Alfredo) Hernandez; son, Rev. Joseph Faulkner; granddaughters, Rosalba, Isabella, and Maribel.  As well as her siblings, Joe (Peggy), Sr. Suzanne (Helen), O.S.F., and Joann Clark; and multiple nieces, nephews, and their children.

A Mass of Christian Burial for Rosemarie will be celebrated at 10:30 am on Thursday, January 22, at St. Augustine Home (2345 W. 86th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46260).  Graveside services are at St. Boniface Cemetery (2581 Schuyler Avenue, Lafayette), at 3:30 pm on Thursday, January 22.  Visitation is on Wednesday, January 21, from 3pm-7pm at St. Augustine, with the Rosary recited in the chapel at 6:30pm.  Additional visitation before Mass on Thursday, January 22, from 9:30am-10:25am.

In lieu of flowers, Masses may be offered, or a donation may be made to the Little Sisters of the Poor at St. Augustine Home for the Aged.

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