Black Watch Friends:
Regret to report the passing of Doug Clarke last week in Sydney, NS.
Doug served with 2nd Battalion / B Coy in Aldershot and Gagetown.
For those of you in Cape Breton, note services tomorrow and on Tuesday.
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Douglas Clarke
1936-2018
Douglas Raymond Clarke
It is with deepest sadness that we, the family, announce the passing of our husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend, Douglas Raymond Clarke on Thursday, May 24, 2018.
Born in Sydney on April 8, 1936, to the late William and Mae (Synard) Clarke.
From 1955-1962, Doug served in the Canadian Army. He was an ice technician at the Sydney Curling Club for 32 years, retiring in 2001. For 30 years, he was a member of Black Watch and the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 12, Sydney.
Doug is survived by his wife of 60 years, Dorothy "Dodie" (Forget); children, Susan (Blair) Stewart, Sydney, Douglas, Kingston, Ont. and Wendy (Trevor) Pushie, Inverness; grandchildren, Jennifer (Jorden Langlois), Sydney and Austin, Kingston, Ont., of whom he was very proud; brothers, Walter (Mary) Clarke and Fred (Pearl) Clarke; sisters, Gladys (the late Wally) Carew, Dorothy (the late Ernest) Mugridge and Rita (Ron) Morrison, all of Sydney; brother-in-law, Frank (Isabel) Forget; sisters-in-law, Jean Moore and Louise Wagner and many nieces and nephews.
Besides his parents, he was predeceased by his brothers, Cecil, Harold, Wilson and Willie and sister, Hilda Boutilier.
We would like to thank the wonderful staff at the Cape Breton Cancer Centre and Palliative Care, especially, Linda Murphy and Jackie Brake. Also, thank you to the VON for their care over the years
Visitation will take place at Sydney Memorial Chapel on Monday, May 28 from 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. Funeral service will be held in the chapel on Tuesday, May 29 at 11 a.m., with Archdeacon Brenda Drake officiating. Interment in Forest Haven Memorial Gardens.
Memorials may be made to Palliative Care at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital, the Cape Breton Cancer Patient Care Fund or the VON.
Words of comfort can be sent to the family at
www.sydneymemorialchapel.ca or e-mail
sydneymemorialchapel@ns.sympatico.ca
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Service Date
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Service Time
11 a. m.
Service Location
Sydney Memorial Chapel
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Visitation
May 28, 2018
Visitation Time
2-4 & 7-9 p.m.
Visitation Location
Sydney Memorial Chapel
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Burial Location
Forest Haven Memorial Gardens
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Requested Charity
Palliative Care at the CB Regional Hospital, the CB Cancer Patient Care Fund or the VON
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With thanks to Alex Morrison for the foregoing.
R. I. P.
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