Peggy Clark

1935 - 2020

Peggy Clark
(Jean G. Clark) passed away on August 7, 2020 at her Newport Beach home with her dedicated husband, Daniel, at her side. She died of serious complications involving her Post-Polio Syndrome. Peggy was born in Philadelphia, PA, on November 22, 1935 and had a happy Main Line childhood with her college professor father (E. Lee Goldsborough), mother (Jean Reid Goldsborough) and brother, Ted Goldsborough. At age nine she contracted polio and spent almost a year in the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She did her best to overcome these obstacles, made numerous friends and graduated from Lower Merion High School. She attended Allegheny College for three years where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. Peggy knew Daniel O. Clark of Oil City, PA, a US Navy officer, for four years. They were married on September 7, 1957 in Philadelphia. They moved to Berea, Ohio, where she completed her bachelor's degree at Baldwin Wallace College. She taught second grade in Berea while Dan worked as an industrial engineer in the steel industry. In 1960 they moved to Southern California's Newport Beach and lived for fifty years in a Cape Cod house with a lovely view of the Pacific Ocean.Peggy taught at Mesa Verde Elementary School in
Costa Mesa
, CA, for nineteen years and then enjoyed tutoring individual students over the next twenty years. During that time she also volunteered as a guide at Sherman Gardens and at the Environmental Nature Center. She was an active member of the Hoag Hospital Auxiliary working in the Emergency Room.She and her husband, Dan, did extensive travel throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia---always adding new birds onto their life lists as well as visiting many baseball parks.Peggy loved to keep in touch with her family and her wide-range of friends. She was prolific at sending cards for all sorts of occasions as well as keeping up with texts and emails. In these last years she did her best to overcome the obstacles of post-polio with a positive outlook.As was her wish, the Neptune Society will take her ashes to sea. There will be no services at this time due to the pandemic. Survivors include her husband, Daniel O. Clark, and brother Ted Goldsborough (Susan) of Bala Cynwyd, PA; nephew John Goldsborough (Julia Stein) of Philadelphia, PA; niece Jennifer Sakano of Princeton, NJ; nephew Marty McWhertor (Nanette) of Costa Mesa, CA; niece Jill McWhertor of Costa Mesa, CA; nephew Tom McWhertor (Janice) of Grand Rapids, MI, and nephew Daniel Clark McWhertor (Mary) of Riverview, FL. She also has numerous great nieces and nephews as well as her devoted cat named Cookie.Those wishing to honor Peggy may make a donation to the Environmental Nature Center, 1601 East Sixteenth Street, Newport Beach, CA 92663.