TEC4 US ARMY - WORLD WAR II - Awarded the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster
BANGOR - Adin L. Clark, 90, died Oct. 25, 2009, at his home after a brief illness. He was born Sept. 6, 1919, in Machias, the son of Malcolm and Florence (Reeves) Clark. Adin graduated from Machias High School, Class of 1938. His zest for life and love of learning led him to join his brother, Merle, in Boston, in 1939, and obtained employment at New England Baptist Hospital. Within a year, Adin enrolled as a student nurse at Boston Psychopathic Hospital until 1940. At the time, a call to duty resulted in his enlistment in the U.S. Army, European Theater - 134th Evacuation Hospital, Central Europe, Rhineland, as a surgical technician. During his tour of duty, 1940-1945, he was decorated with two Bronze Stars.
After his discharge, he married Isabelle McCormick and settled in Bangor. They were married 25 years before Isabelle's death in 1972. Adin remarried in 1974 to Clara E. Hanson. They celebrated 35 years of marriage in May.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, Clara (Hanson) Clark, is his son, David Clark of Carmel; four grandsons, Justin Clark and wife, Maura, of New Gloucester, Eric Clark and wife, Sarah, of Winnsboro, Texas, Travis Clark of Vassalboro, and Paul Laliberte of Waterville; one granddaughter, Sarah Clark of Vassalboro; and five great-grandchildren, Nathan, Emily, Abigail, Ashlyn and Alistair.
In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a daughter, Debbie Clark; sisters, Elsie Crane and Pauline Savage; and brother, Merle Clark.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at Bangor Baptist Church, 1476 Broadway, Bangor, with the Rev. Dr. Jerry Mick, officiating. Friends may call 1 p.m. until time of service at the church. Interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor. (Bangor Daily News 10/27/2009)
BANGOR - Adin L. Clark, 90, died Oct. 25, 2009, at his home after a brief illness. He was born Sept. 6, 1919, in Machias, the son of Malcolm and Florence (Reeves) Clark. Adin graduated from Machias High School, Class of 1938. His zest for life and love of learning led him to join his brother, Merle, in Boston, in 1939, and obtained employment at New England Baptist Hospital. Within a year, Adin enrolled as a student nurse at Boston Psychopathic Hospital until 1940. At the time, a call to duty resulted in his enlistment in the U.S. Army, European Theater - 134th Evacuation Hospital, Central Europe, Rhineland, as a surgical technician. During his tour of duty, 1940-1945, he was decorated with two Bronze Stars.
After his discharge, he married Isabelle McCormick and settled in Bangor. They were married 25 years before Isabelle's death in 1972. Adin remarried in 1974 to Clara E. Hanson. They celebrated 35 years of marriage in May.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, Clara (Hanson) Clark, is his son, David Clark of Carmel; four grandsons, Justin Clark and wife, Maura, of New Gloucester, Eric Clark and wife, Sarah, of Winnsboro, Texas, Travis Clark of Vassalboro, and Paul Laliberte of Waterville; one granddaughter, Sarah Clark of Vassalboro; and five great-grandchildren, Nathan, Emily, Abigail, Ashlyn and Alistair.
In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a daughter, Debbie Clark; sisters, Elsie Crane and Pauline Savage; and brother, Merle Clark.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at Bangor Baptist Church, 1476 Broadway, Bangor, with the Rev. Dr. Jerry Mick, officiating. Friends may call 1 p.m. until time of service at the church. Interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor. (Bangor Daily News 10/27/2009)
TEC4 US ARMY - WORLD WAR II - Awarded the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster
BANGOR - Adin L. Clark, 90, died Oct. 25, 2009, at his home after a brief illness. He was born Sept. 6, 1919, in Machias, the son of Malcolm and Florence (Reeves) Clark. Adin graduated from Machias High School, Class of 1938. His zest for life and love of learning led him to join his brother, Merle, in Boston, in 1939, and obtained employment at New England Baptist Hospital. Within a year, Adin enrolled as a student nurse at Boston Psychopathic Hospital until 1940. At the time, a call to duty resulted in his enlistment in the U.S. Army, European Theater - 134th Evacuation Hospital, Central Europe, Rhineland, as a surgical technician. During his tour of duty, 1940-1945, he was decorated with two Bronze Stars.
After his discharge, he married Isabelle McCormick and settled in Bangor. They were married 25 years before Isabelle's death in 1972. Adin remarried in 1974 to Clara E. Hanson. They celebrated 35 years of marriage in May.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, Clara (Hanson) Clark, is his son, David Clark of Carmel; four grandsons, Justin Clark and wife, Maura, of New Gloucester, Eric Clark and wife, Sarah, of Winnsboro, Texas, Travis Clark of Vassalboro, and Paul Laliberte of Waterville; one granddaughter, Sarah Clark of Vassalboro; and five great-grandchildren, Nathan, Emily, Abigail, Ashlyn and Alistair.
In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a daughter, Debbie Clark; sisters, Elsie Crane and Pauline Savage; and brother, Merle Clark.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at Bangor Baptist Church, 1476 Broadway, Bangor, with the Rev. Dr. Jerry Mick, officiating. Friends may call 1 p.m. until time of service at the church. Interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor. (Bangor Daily News 10/27/2009)
BANGOR - Adin L. Clark, 90, died Oct. 25, 2009, at his home after a brief illness. He was born Sept. 6, 1919, in Machias, the son of Malcolm and Florence (Reeves) Clark. Adin graduated from Machias High School, Class of 1938. His zest for life and love of learning led him to join his brother, Merle, in Boston, in 1939, and obtained employment at New England Baptist Hospital. Within a year, Adin enrolled as a student nurse at Boston Psychopathic Hospital until 1940. At the time, a call to duty resulted in his enlistment in the U.S. Army, European Theater - 134th Evacuation Hospital, Central Europe, Rhineland, as a surgical technician. During his tour of duty, 1940-1945, he was decorated with two Bronze Stars.
After his discharge, he married Isabelle McCormick and settled in Bangor. They were married 25 years before Isabelle's death in 1972. Adin remarried in 1974 to Clara E. Hanson. They celebrated 35 years of marriage in May.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, Clara (Hanson) Clark, is his son, David Clark of Carmel; four grandsons, Justin Clark and wife, Maura, of New Gloucester, Eric Clark and wife, Sarah, of Winnsboro, Texas, Travis Clark of Vassalboro, and Paul Laliberte of Waterville; one granddaughter, Sarah Clark of Vassalboro; and five great-grandchildren, Nathan, Emily, Abigail, Ashlyn and Alistair.
In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a daughter, Debbie Clark; sisters, Elsie Crane and Pauline Savage; and brother, Merle Clark.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at Bangor Baptist Church, 1476 Broadway, Bangor, with the Rev. Dr. Jerry Mick, officiating. Friends may call 1 p.m. until time of service at the church. Interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor. (Bangor Daily News 10/27/2009)
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