Elaine Joyce Robertson Clark
 

CAMBRIDGE -- Elaine Joyce Clark, 83, died peacefully Monday evening, March 1, 2010, at home with her family at her side.

Joyce was born, and lived most of her life, in Cambridge N.Y. She was the daughter of William J. and Pearl Marie (Austin) Robertson.

She was proud to be a 1945 graduate of Cambridge High School.

After high school, she went on to work at New York Telephone in Albany before marrying Peter Henry Clark in 1951, and settling down to make her house on Route 313, a home and a well-known expression of her artistic talents. Joyce's talents were also evident at her husband's service station on South Park Street in Cambridge where she made Pete's Friendly Service an attractive and welcoming place to do business.

Joyce was a strong supporter of the Cambridge community and was active in many social and community organizations throughout her life. She was a 50-year member and Past Matron of the Cambridge Valley Chapter No. 147 of the Order of the Eastern Star, a 50-year member of the Embury Methodist Church and the Ondawa-Cambridge Chapter of the NSDAR, and a long-standing volunteer and past president of the Mary McClellan Hospital Auxiliary. She was also a life member of the Cambridge Historical Society and Shushan Covered Bridge Museum.

Her involvement in life and lives in and around and beyond Cambridge generated many friends of all ages who were often recipients of her endless supply of birthday and anniversary cards.

She was predeceased by her parents and her husband, Peter.

She is survived by her brother, Jerome Robertson of Bennington, Vt.; her three daughters: Nancy Clark-Krauss of Cambridge, Susan Clark of West Barnet, Vt, and Sally Torok of Keeseville, N.Y.; three grandchildren; and her devoted companion, Robert Brown of Shushan.

The community is invited to call on the family at noon, Friday, March 5, 2010, at Ackley & Ross Funeral Home, 73 W. Main St., Cambridge.

All are invited to join the family at a remembrance service at 1 p.m. at the funeral home and afterwards at a gathering at the Cambridge Hotel.

At Joyce's request please make donations to the Cambridge Senior Citizens Center, 5 Park Place, Cambridge and the Cambridge Food Pantry, c/o United Church Council, 4 St. Luke's Place, Cambridge, NY 12816.

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