CAROLE CLARKE

1939 ~ 2015

Carole Ann Clarke, passed away peacefully at the age of 76 on Tuesday, November 24, 2015, after battling with a chronic illness. She was predeceased by her husband of 37 years, Stephen Glenn Clarke, who died in 1999. She leaves behind two loving daughters, Elizabeth and Catherine (Trent), as well as two beautiful granddaughters, Stephenie and Annabella.

Carole was born in Kingston, Ontario to the late Hugh and Isabel Milne on March 8, 1939. She grew up in a loving home with her older sister, Beverly, and three younger brothers, Robert, Michael and Brian. She graduated from Kingston General Hospital’s radiological technology program in 1962 and married her late husband in August of the same year. The couple lived with their two girls, who were born in 1963 and 1964, in Ontario for 13 years before relocating to Lethbridge, Alberta. In Lethbridge, Carole was an x-ray technologist at Family Medical Centre and Glenn was an economics professor at the University of Lethbridge.

For years, Carole was immersed in the city’s curling community, even becoming the president of the Lethbridge Curling Club in the 1990’s. It was at the curling club that Carole met her three best friends, Beth Campbell, Joyce Budau, and Ann Louise Plaxton, all of whom lovingly stood by her side throughout her challenging illness. Carole was also an active member of the Picture Butte Golf Club and the Lethbridge Host Lions Club.

A Memorial Service will be held at 10:00am on Monday, November 30, 2015 at the MARTIN BROTHERS RIVERVIEW CHAPEL, 610 4 Street S. Lethbridge, Alberta, with Pastor George Takashima, officiating.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Carole’s memory to the Lethbridge Host Lions club located at Box 392 Lethbridge, Alberta, T1J 3Z1.