d/o Albert Leslie Fisher, Sr and Blanche Fern Almy Fisher of Joplin, Mo.
BURLINGTON - Captain Alberta LaFern Fisher Clarke, daughter of Albert Leslie Fisher Sr. and Blanche Fern Almy Fisher of Joplin, Mo., was born Nov. 10, 1943, and died July 5, 2010.
Captain Clarke recently moved to Starr Farm Nursing Facility in Burlington, from Boston.
Alberta was promoted to the rank of Captain in the US Army during the Vietnam Era, and returned to service later in life as a civilian.
She was a member of the Baha'i Faith, and believed ardently in the equality of men and women, and the importance of children. Alberta was an active participant in Native American communities in Nova Scotia, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Missouri. She was proud to trace her heritage back to the Trail of Tears. She loved doing genealogy research, and relished in the history of her family members.
Alberta Clarke is survived by her daughter, Cynthia Clarke; her son-in-law, Oliver Carling; and her two grandsons, Ira and Arden Carling. The Carling Clarke family lives in Buel's Gore, Vt.
A graveside memorial will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, July 9, 2010, at the Maplewood Cemetery in Huntington, Vt.
Arrangements for the memorial are through Gifford Funeral Service, 22 Depot Street, Richmond, Vermont.
Published in The Burlington Free Press on July 7, 2010
BURLINGTON - Captain Alberta LaFern Fisher Clarke, daughter of Albert Leslie Fisher Sr. and Blanche Fern Almy Fisher of Joplin, Mo., was born Nov. 10, 1943, and died July 5, 2010.
Captain Clarke recently moved to Starr Farm Nursing Facility in Burlington, from Boston.
Alberta was promoted to the rank of Captain in the US Army during the Vietnam Era, and returned to service later in life as a civilian.
She was a member of the Baha'i Faith, and believed ardently in the equality of men and women, and the importance of children. Alberta was an active participant in Native American communities in Nova Scotia, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Missouri. She was proud to trace her heritage back to the Trail of Tears. She loved doing genealogy research, and relished in the history of her family members.
Alberta Clarke is survived by her daughter, Cynthia Clarke; her son-in-law, Oliver Carling; and her two grandsons, Ira and Arden Carling. The Carling Clarke family lives in Buel's Gore, Vt.
A graveside memorial will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, July 9, 2010, at the Maplewood Cemetery in Huntington, Vt.
Arrangements for the memorial are through Gifford Funeral Service, 22 Depot Street, Richmond, Vermont.
Published in The Burlington Free Press on July 7, 2010
d/o Albert Leslie Fisher, Sr and Blanche Fern Almy Fisher of Joplin, Mo.
BURLINGTON - Captain Alberta LaFern Fisher Clarke, daughter of Albert Leslie Fisher Sr. and Blanche Fern Almy Fisher of Joplin, Mo., was born Nov. 10, 1943, and died July 5, 2010.
Captain Clarke recently moved to Starr Farm Nursing Facility in Burlington, from Boston.
Alberta was promoted to the rank of Captain in the US Army during the Vietnam Era, and returned to service later in life as a civilian.
She was a member of the Baha'i Faith, and believed ardently in the equality of men and women, and the importance of children. Alberta was an active participant in Native American communities in Nova Scotia, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Missouri. She was proud to trace her heritage back to the Trail of Tears. She loved doing genealogy research, and relished in the history of her family members.
Alberta Clarke is survived by her daughter, Cynthia Clarke; her son-in-law, Oliver Carling; and her two grandsons, Ira and Arden Carling. The Carling Clarke family lives in Buel's Gore, Vt.
A graveside memorial will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, July 9, 2010, at the Maplewood Cemetery in Huntington, Vt.
Arrangements for the memorial are through Gifford Funeral Service, 22 Depot Street, Richmond, Vermont.
Published in The Burlington Free Press on July 7, 2010
BURLINGTON - Captain Alberta LaFern Fisher Clarke, daughter of Albert Leslie Fisher Sr. and Blanche Fern Almy Fisher of Joplin, Mo., was born Nov. 10, 1943, and died July 5, 2010.
Captain Clarke recently moved to Starr Farm Nursing Facility in Burlington, from Boston.
Alberta was promoted to the rank of Captain in the US Army during the Vietnam Era, and returned to service later in life as a civilian.
She was a member of the Baha'i Faith, and believed ardently in the equality of men and women, and the importance of children. Alberta was an active participant in Native American communities in Nova Scotia, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Missouri. She was proud to trace her heritage back to the Trail of Tears. She loved doing genealogy research, and relished in the history of her family members.
Alberta Clarke is survived by her daughter, Cynthia Clarke; her son-in-law, Oliver Carling; and her two grandsons, Ira and Arden Carling. The Carling Clarke family lives in Buel's Gore, Vt.
A graveside memorial will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, July 9, 2010, at the Maplewood Cemetery in Huntington, Vt.
Arrangements for the memorial are through Gifford Funeral Service, 22 Depot Street, Richmond, Vermont.
Published in The Burlington Free Press on July 7, 2010
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