Harold W. Clark

Harold W. Clark, 95 of Sanford, ME, and a long time resident of North Shapleigh, died Thursday, January 8th at the Goodall Hospital, in Sanford, ME. Mr. Clark was born on August 2, 1908 in Springvale, ME. He was the son of Walter and Venie (McNeal) Clark. He was educated in the Sanford Schools. Mr. Clark was predeceased by his First wife Frances Crummett Clark in 1969 and a son Donald in 2002.Mr. Clark loved flying and attended the Spear Flying School, making his first solo flight in 1928 from the Scarborough Airport in a Challenger Airplane. During WW2 he was a lieutenant in the Sanford Civil Air Patrol. For a short time he was an aerial photographer taking pictures of the Maine coast and the Sanford-Springvale area. He was very fond of music and leader of the local Broggi band when it played at the Old Orchard Pier and the Elks Ball in Sanford.For 13 years Mr. Clark was a member of the Sanford Fire Department and served as chief for 2 years. He spent many winters in Florida managing a concession on the golf course at the Belleview Biltmore Hotel in Largo, Florida. In the summers he returned to his home in North Shapleigh and worked for the State on the Maine Forestry Service. He also ran the Ferryboat at Square Pond for several summers. He was a 50-year member of the Masonic Lodge-Pebble Chapter of Sanford and a member of the Acton Historical Society.Surviving are his wife Adele McCarty Hartley Clark, a daughter Connie Warnick of Port St Lucy, Florida, two stepdaughters, Dorothy Gallagher, and Joan Fedan both of Sanford, ME, a brother Howard Clark of Belfast Maine, and several grandchildren and great grand children. Visitation will be on held Saturday January 17, 2004 at 10:00 am, followed by a memorial service at 11:00 am, at the Heald Funeral Home, 580 Main Street, Springvale, ME. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Salvation Army, P.O. Box 616, Sanford ME 04073.