Don “Bud” Clarke Jr. passed away at Westchester Medical Center on Aug. 6 after a long illness. He was surrounded by his loving family.
Don lived in Lake Carmel, New York, with his wife Maureen, who survives. Don was 60 years old and was the only boy in the family, with three older sisters. Don was the son of the late Donald and Peggy (Lyons) Clarke and the grandson of the late Walter and Elizabeth (McCreary) Clarke and Gordon and Rose (Landolfi) Lyons.
He was born at Butterfield Hospital and raised in Cold Spring. He had wonderful memories of growing up on Church Street with many friends and family and so many fun times.
Don attended Haldane School. After school, he worked for the Carpenters Union Local 19 for 25 years and for the last 16 years he worked for the New York City DEP at various positions and locations, lastly at North River, New York.
He was married to the love of his life, Maureen Hansen, on Sept. 23, 2017, at Our Lady on the Lake in Carmel. He was a loving husband and will be greatly missed.
Don was an avid golfer and excelled in sports, especially in his youth and in high school. He also competed in many 5K races and triathlons. One of his fondest memories was in 1987 when Carolyn’s Pansies won the PSL Championship. If you lived in Cold Spring at that time, you knew men’s softball was a big deal! Don enjoyed watching the Yankees, Giants and Knicks and especially golf.
Don is survived by his loving wife Maureen, his sisters, Liz Mancari, Donna Steltz (David Moroney) and many loving nieces and nephews, as well as his cats, Murphy and Maggie.
He was predeceased by his parents, grandparents, his sister Mary Hale and his niece Ellen and nephew Richie.
A graveside service will be held at Cold Spring Cemetery on Monday (Aug. 12) at 12:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Cold Spring Fire Co., 154 Main St., Cold Spring, NY 10516 (coldspringfireco.org) or the American Kidney Fund, 11921 Rockville Pike, Suite 300, Rockville, MD 20852 (kidneyfund.org).
