Dr. Janice Clark

1947 - 2014

Dr. Janice Clark obituary, 1947-2014

Dr. Janice Clark Obituary

Dr. Janice Clark passed
away on September 13,
2014. She was born in Dallas
TX, of William Stanford
and Thelma Marie Clark
on November 4, 1947. She
studied violin for ten years
and played in the Community
Arts Symphony and
in summer stock musicals.
She often performed in
small ensembles at her
church and in the University
of Colorado symphony
orchestra.
Janice was the first
graduate of the newly
opened Arapahoe High
School in Littleton, CO,
and later graduated from
the University of Colorado
Boulder with a B.A. She
obtained her M.D. degree
from the University of
Colorado Denver, followed
by a residency at Long
Beach Memorial Medical
Center in California. She
joined a medical group
in La Habra and became
Board Certified in Family
Practice. She opened a solo
practice in Brea where she
practiced for 29 years. She
was forced to retire due
to extensive back surgeries
and the emergence
of Systemic Scleroderma
in 2005 (a progressive
auto-immune degenerative
disease). In 2011 she
moved from her Huntington
Harbor home to Atria
Woodbridge assisted living
in Irvine. Janice enjoyed
many hobbies including
making porcelain dolls and
BB bears, quilting, knitting
and photography. At the
Atria, she rediscovered her
dormant art talents and
pursued pencil drawing,
pastels, watercolors, creative
writing and became
an expert at "quilling" and
"iris folding," two amazing
card-making techniques.
Her talents blossomed
under the tutelage at the
facility, making art a central
focus of her final three
years. Her art, devoted personal
friends, church and
family provided the drive to
endure the disabling challenges
of Scleroderma.
Janice is preceded in
death by her parents, Bill
and Thelma Clark. She is
survived by her sister Sheryl
Clark-Schizas, brotherin-
law Ted Schizas of Las
Vegas, NV, her brother and
sister-in-law Bill & Carol
Hathaway-Clark, and their
two sons Jamison and
Lucas of Longmont, CO.
Her humor, charisma and
ever-youthful joy and appreciation
of life endeared
her to all. A private memorial
service was held at the
Atria Woodbridge and her
ashes were released to the
ocean at her request. Donations
may be made in her
memory to the Scleroderma
Foundation, Southern CA
Chapter, 10319 Jefferson
Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232.

Published by Colorado Community Media from Oct. 9 to Nov. 8, 2014.
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