[Rhodes22-list] In memorium Fwd: Don Clarke

[Mary Lou Troy]

I received this note this morning from Jim Harrison a Rhodes 22 
sailor from the Baltimore area. Some of you may remember Don Clarke. 
He was a regular at our northern Chesapeake gatherings in the early 
part of the last decade. He was a wonderful sailor and an avid 
Rhodie. Fred and I only saw him a couple of times in the past few 
years but it was always great to spend a little time with him.

Fair winds, Don. We miss you.

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD

from Jim Harrison
>Sorry to start your day  with bad news but thought you should know 
>that one of our long time Rhodes sailors has passed away. 
>Don  Clarke, after many years of fighting multiple myeloma, died 
>last week. He choose his time by stopping all medications. Hopkins 
>had done all they could do for him.
>
>Don loved sailing and was greatly saddened that he could not at 
>least get  his boat in the water this year.. He was even too weak to 
>go sailing with me the last month or so.
>
>Don did fill the last year of his life with many adventures. He 
>helped sail his cousins boat up from central america to the Hudson 
>river, he attended a destination wedding in Costa Rico, and 
>acccompanied me on my bike ride from San Diego to El Paso in May. He 
>lived a full life and I will miss my adventure buddy.
>
>A memorial service is being held this saturday in Baltimore....Jim Harrison
>
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