Jean Carver Clark

1920 - 2015

Jean Carver Clark

Jean Carver Clark, age 95, died at Northwest Hospital on September. 5, 2015, following a short illness. Prior to moving to Brookdale Northgate in Seattle last year, she was a 56-year resident of Enumclaw.

Jean was born in Bellingham to William Coston Carver and Gertrude Crites Carver on January 13, 1920. She grew up in a newspaper family and spent many happy summers on Lake Samish at "Carcot," the family cottage.

A 1937 Bellingham High School graduate, she attended Western Washington College of Education (now WWU) and the University of Washington, where she was affiliated with Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. Following a five-year marriage to Irving Thiel, she married Jack Clark in 1948, and they were happily married for 53 years until his death in 2001.

During Jack's career as a J.C. Penney manager, they lived in Bellingham, Sunnyside and Cle Elum, before settling in Enumclaw. A busy homemaker, Jean also enjoyed reading, playing bridge and socializing with friends and neighbors. A spiritual seeker all her life, she was a member of St. Catherine's Episcopal Church in Enumclaw, Unity Church of Kent, and the White Eagle Lodge in Montgomery, Texas. Last year, she was honored as a 50-year member of P.E.O.

She is survived by her three children: Nancy Sellers of Auburn; Sallie Chaney (John) of Seattle; and Susan Elgarf (Tarek) of Enumclaw; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one great-great grandchild, and other special relatives. Inurnment will be at Tahoma National Cemetery next to her husband Jack.

Donations in her memory can be sent to the Church of the White Eagle Lodge, 2615 St. Beulah Chapel Road, Montgomery, TX 77316.

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