Lawrence L. Clarke
March 4, 1937 — April 24, 2010
A memorial service will be held for Lawrence Litchfield Clarke, 73, of Granville, at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 28, at the First Presbyterian Church, 110 W. Broadway, Granville with the Rev. Karen Chakoian officiating.
Lance died Saturday, April 24, at Arlington Care Center in Newark. He was born March 4, 1937, in Southbridge, Massachusetts, to the late Lawrence L. and Katharine (Waage) Clarke.
He grew up and graduated from high school in Newton, Massachusetts. He was a 1959 graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and earned his MBA from the University of Utah. He served in the Ordnance Corps of the U.S. Army.
A mechanical engineer, Lance was employed at Owens Corning Technical Center for 17 years. He then became co-owner of Ceron Corporation and later worked as a consultant and online bookseller.
Lance was a member and an elder of the First Presbyterian Church and was also a member and a past president of the Granville Historical Society.
Surviving are his wife of 38 years, Rebecca Paisley Clarke, whom he married November 20, 1971, and former wife, Marcia Behle Daneman, of Eugene, Oregon; the children of his first marriage, Katharine Clarke and her husband Andrew Hoover of Mumbai, India, and Michael Clarke and his wife Staci of Kaohsiung, Taiwan; his step-children and their spouses, James and Julie Bain of Granville, Stephen and Michelle Bain of Granville, and Ellen Bain of New York City; grandchildren, Calder and Adrienne Hoover, Alexander and Amelia Clarke, Rachel, Olivia, and Jackson Bain, and Georgia and Thomas Bain. Also surviving are his sister, Karla Thompson, of Marlboro, Massachusetts, and his sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Sarah and Lewis Poe, of Granville.
In addition to his parents, Lance was preceded in death by his step-mother, Mildred Blye Clarke, and step-sister, Linda Clarke Wallace.
The family will receive friends Tuesday, April 27, from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at the McPEEK-HOEKSTRA FUNERAL HOME in Granville. Online condolences may be expressed at www.mcpeekhoekstra.com.
Memorial gifts may be sent to the First Presbyterian Church, 110 West Broadway, Granville, Ohio 43023 or the Granville Historical Society, Box 129, Granville, Ohio 43023.