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Helen Clark Obituary
She was born in Augusta, June 18, 1916, the daughter of Merle and Mary Susan (Post) Clark.
Helen grew up in Vassalboro and the China area. She was a graduate of Erskine Academy in China, and the University of Maine at Farmington. Following her education, she became an elementary school teacher in the communities of Jay, Pittsfield, Bangor and Lewiston, retiring as a third-grade teacher in 1978.
She was a member of First Universalist Church of Auburn and was a member of its Women's Group as well as the Rebekah Lodge. Her hobbies included gardening, sewing and traveling after retirement. Her travels included Europe as well as traveling from China, Maine, to the country of China.
Surviving are four generations of nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by two brothers, Merle and Donald; and one sister, Charlotte.
Her family would like to thank all her special guardian angels from both her Auburn neighborhood and the Woodlands in Waterville.
Funeral services honoring Helen's life will be held 10 a.m. Saturday from the Memorial Chapel of Dillingham & Son, with Chaplain Kitsie Claxton presiding. Burial will be private in the family lot at Pine Grove Cemetery, Waterville.
Memorial donations in Helen's memory may be made to either the Home for Little Wanderers, 93 Silver St., Waterville, ME 04901; or to the Alzheimer's Association Maine, Chapter 783, US Route 1, Suite 2C, Scarborough, ME 04074.
Condolences and sharing of memories may be expressed at www.lynchbrothers.com.
Arrangements by Dillingham & Son Memorial Chapel and Tribute Center, 62 Spring St., Auburn.
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