Lela Hawksby Kerr

Clarence E. Gingras, D.D.S.
Dr. Clarence E. Gingras, of Palm Beach Gardens, died November 3, 2015 at the age of 99. He was born in Schenectady, NY on June 17, 1916. He attended Union College and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry in 1943, where he was elected a member of Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honorary Dental Society. Following his internship in oral surgery at Philadelphia General Hospital, he served as Captain in the U.S. Army Dental Corps during World War II.
Dr. Gingras practiced dentistry in West Palm Beach for forty years and served on the dental staff of Good Samaritan and St. Mary's Hospitals. He was past president of Palm Beach County Dental Society.
In 1960 he was elected president of the East Coast District of the Florida State Dental Association. He was a past member of the Academy 100 of the University of Florida College of Dentistry.
He was a founding member of St. John Fisher and St. Paul of the Cross Catholic Churches, where he served in both churches as a lector for many years.
Dr. Gingras was a dedicated deep water sailor and cruised extensively throughout the Windward and Leeward Islands of the Caribbean, the Bahamas, and offshore of the U.S. from Key West to Maine. He was largely self-taught in gardening, sailing, and water color painting, which he enjoyed during his retirement.
He was predeceased by his first wife, Doris Beuttenmuller, in 1967. He is survived by his wife, Herta; his daughter, Barbara Schmucker of Stuart, FL; his sons, Dr. Paul (Sally) of Palm Beach and Bozeman, MT, Robert, PhD. (Anne) of Palm Beach Gardens, Bruce, PhD. (Lynn) of Bolingbrook, IL; his stepchildren, Vivian S. (Ned) Kerr of West Palm Beach, and George S. (Debbie) Kyler of Seaside, OR; his grandchildren, Michael and James Scardaville, and Lauren Gingras; his step-grandchildren, Randy (Kristine) Kerr, Beverly (Chris) Britton, Matthew (Erin) Kyler, and Hillary Kyler; his great-grandsons, Louis Alexander, and Lucas Scardaville; and step-great-grandchildren, Ryan and Reid Kerr, Joshua, Jacob, and Gabriella Britton, and Cason Kyler.
Dr. Gingras was a former member of the Old Port Yacht Club, Sailfish Club of Florida, and the Palm Beach Sailing Club.

A visitation will be held on Sunday, November 8 from 5:00-7:00pm at Howard-Quattlebaum Funeral, Cremation and Event Center, 754 U.S. Highway 1, North Palm Beach, FL 33408. A Mass of the Resurrection will be held on Monday, November 9 at 11:00am at St. Clare Catholic Church, 821 Prosperity Farms Road, North Palm Beach, FL 33408. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park in West Palm Beach, FL. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations in his memory be made to Hospice of Palm Beach County.