HOWARD CLARK ISLAND
Name: HOWARD CLARK ISLAND
Entry Date: '57
Exit Date: '60
Rating:
Status: D: 09/17/2015
“Clark Island, 82, of Hob Sound, Florida passed away peacefully on September 17, 2015 at Amore Dementia Care in Stuart, Florida surrounded by his loving family.
He is survived by his beloved wife, Joanne, his sons, David and his wife Tracy , Curt and his wife Erin, his daughter Lynn Shouse and her husband David; and his grandchildren , Kristen, Steven, Emily, Bobby, Matthew, Olivia, Jack and Phoebe. He was Uncle Clark to three nieces and a nephew.
Clark was born in Hartford, Connecticut . He attended Williston Academy and Meriden High School and he is a graduate of General Motors Institute (now known as Kettering University) with a mechanical engineering degree. Lieutenant Island served in the US Navy as a Navigator on P2V’s. Following his military service he worked as a sales representative in the ball bearing and stamped metal parts industries in Pennsylvania, Illinois, New York and ultimately Connecticut.
Clark began a second career in selling long term care insurance that covered a span of 20 years and moved to Florida in 2001.
Clark has served in the M.W. Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Connecticut for 50 years. Additionally, he served with the Acacia Lodge in Stuart Florida for the past 14 years and was active in the Republican Party.
Without a doubt, Clark’s deepest passion was singing. He participated over most of his lifetime in school choirs, church choirs, the Society of Barbershop Singing in America (via the Big Apple Chorus in NY) and more recently the Treasure Coast Community Singers in Stuart, Florida.
Friends and family are invited to attend funeral services in celebration of Clark’s life in Trumbull, Connecticut on October 3rd at 11 AM at Grace Episcopal Church, 5958 Main Street, Trumbull, Connecticut. Interment with Military Honors and Presentation of the Flag by the United States Navy Honor Guard will take place at the Walnut Grove Cemetery in Meriden, Connecticut at the convenience of the family.
A Memorial Service will be held on March 18, 2016 at North Stuart Baptist Church , 1950 NW Federal Highway in Stuart, Florida .
In lieu of flowers, contributions as a memorial may be made in Clark’s memory to the Treasure Coast Community Singers Scholarship Fund for aspiring high school singers — 631 SE Calmoso Drive, Port St. Lucie, Florida 34983 (772) 224-8807)
An Online Guestbook is available by visiting www.treasurecoastseawinds.com”