WILLIAM "BILL" CLARKE, was received into heaven on June 19, 2012 at the Arbors Nursing Home, Michigan City, IN. Bill was born in Detroit, MI on 12/14/1939. He is survived by his loving wife, Alyce Clarke, and 2 children, Janine Clarke Powell, Atlanta, GA, and Dianna Fleming and 4 grandchildren of Chesterton, IN. Bill is in heaven with his son John Wm Clarke 111, his mother and father, Thurman and Dorothy Clarke. Bill is survived by his sister, Sylvia Straub of Silver Springs, MA and his one Aunt Bee of Leipsic, OH.
Bill graduated from St. Johns Military Academy, Delafield, WI, Class of 58. He was a Vietnam War Veteran and retired from the US Marine Corp as a Chief Warrant Officer. Bill retired from The Boeing Company, St. Louis, MO as a Program Manager & Director of the T45TS Contractor Logistics Support in 2003.
A celebration of his life will be held in St. Charles, MO at the Baue Funeral Chapel at a later date. A special thank you is extended by his family to all his doctors and nurses who helped him fight the battle.