Dolores P. Clack, Park Rapids
Dolores grew up on a farm in Erskine, MN where she was a self-described “Tom Sawyer” and loved the outdoors and helping with chores on the farm.

She was recruited and played for the first professional women’s basketball team. The All-American Red Heads traveled thousands of miles playing in small towns all across the United States. After playing for the team (’52-‘53), Dolores moved to California and attended Sacramento City College. She was able to attend classes while working full time, putting herself through college and two years of law school while working at a grocery store.

In 1977 Dolores became a single parent left to raise five children on her own. She returned to Minnesota and began a real estate career. By 1983 she had opened her own brokerage, Dolores P. Clack Real Estate in Park Rapids, which grew to be the number one office in the Midwest Region for four of the six years before her death in 1999 at age 67. The business continues today in the same location, with many of the same loyal employees who had worked for her for years.

Dolores was affiliated with numerous organizations throughout her life. She was a business owner in California and operated a farm there. She was a member of the National Federation of Independent Business, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Park Rapids Business and Professional Women, and the Park Rapids Chamber. In addition to holding a Broker’s license, Dolores served a term as president of the Detroit Lakes/ Park Rapids Board of Realtors and she was a licensed Real Estate Appraiser for residential and commercial properties.

Dolores touched the lives of many families throughout the Park Rapids area. She was known for extraordinary philanthropy in the community, helped many women and men become more successful in business, all while caring for her family, including raising two grandchildren in the last years of her life.