EDITH M. CLARK, age 80, of 141 Dryden-Harford Road, Dryden, NY passed away Sunday, August 21, 2011 at the Cortland Memorial Nursing Facility. Edith was born May 25, 1931 in Moravia, NY a daughter, and one of eleven children, of the Late Emmett and Violet Sherman Sovocool. On July 5, 1952 she was married to George Clark at Freeville. Most of all, Edith enjoyed the family that she and George raised. Being with family, her grandchildren and great-grandchildren brought tremendous joy to her.
She was a member of the Groton and Moravia Senior Citizens and enjoyed traveling. Edith was a day care provider for many years and was the bookkeeper and partner for Clark Builders.
Survivors include her loving and devoted husband of 59 years, George H. Clark, Sr., her children, Marie E. Moore of Freeville, George H. (Lorraine) Clark of Tully and Susan (Donald) Foote of Dryden; grandchildren, Heather (Kevin Dean) Hollister, Jolene Hollister, Cassie (Blake) Houghton, Steven and Amy Moore, Andrew (Melissa King) Clark and Christopher Clark; her great-grandchildren, Nicholas Hollister, Lauralye Caskey, Justin Dean, Charlette Houghton; a step-grandson, Chris Dean; her siblings, Norma Slade, Emmett Clifford Sovocool and Hilda Peterson; sisters-in-law, Jean, Shirley and Kathy Sovocool, and a brother-in-law, Paul Crouch and very close friends, Carol Gerow and Cornelia Evans. She was predeceased by her parents, her siblings, Richard, Ralph, Carlton and Jay Sovocool, Neva Barhite, Vera Burlingame and Elizabeth Crouch; a son-in-law, Steven Moore and a great-grandson, Nathanial Caskey and close friends Neal and Purlena Grays.
Funeral services will be held at 11 AM, Thursday, August 25, 20011 at the Perkins Funeral Home with Rev. David C. Robinson officiating. Burial will follow in Green Hills Cemetery, Dryden. Friends are invited to call from 5 to 7 PM Wednesday at the funeral home, 55 West Main St., Dryden. Those wishing to remember Edith are asked to consider a memorial in her name to: Caring Community Hospice of Cortland, 11 Kennedy Parkway, Cortland, NY 13045 or the American Cancer Society, 13 Beech Street, Johnson City, NY 13790. www.perkinsfuneralhome.com
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