G. David Clark
Born on August 14, 1941 in Port Huron, MichiganDeparted on January 5, 2022 in Melbourne Beach, Florida
G David Clark, originally from Port Huron, MI, currently from Melbourne Beach, FL and Saratoga Springs, NY depending on the weather, left us for a bigger card table on Wednesday January 5th 2022.
Dave was born in Port Huron, MI on August 14th 1941 to the parents of Glenn and Gretta Clark as a premature baby not expected to survive. Dave, Gimper, Papa or G David beat all odds early on and continued this disposition until his final days. On paper Dad sounded like the average male earning his way in the United States. However, to know him and the story he carried would paint a brilliant picture filled with beautiful color that always embraced the riskier the better. He defied the odds by overcoming obscure illness like meningitis and melanoma of the eye but never had the common flu. This narrative was essentially the fabric of his life.
He earned his bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University routed through a stint at Graceland University in Iowa and teaching English as a second language in Colombia South America. This journey led him to his first wife, Nubia, the initial love of his life and mother of his three children. Dave prospered during his working career establishing his own business as an HVAC/R Manufacturers’ sales representative that is still thriving today. If you knew him, you would understand that the day job would be the fuel to support his passion for risk taking in horses, dice, cards or anything that embraced excitement. Dave rolled the dice a second time around and came out a winner in love with his present wife Cheryl and inherited three additional children to love on. Dave’s legacy also included 15 Grandchildren and 5 Great Grandchildren.
Anyone Dave encountered was always graced by his full attention. He saw and respected the good in each individual. Many were often blessed by one of his clever, humorous jokes and self-amused smiles. You would have loved him even if you weren’t related. His ability to tell a story and fill the room with laughter will be unmet by any other and missed dearly. Dad now has the opportunity to rekindle the friends and family who have predeceased him and serve as the source of entertainment in heaven…if he could figure out the password to get in… We ask that if anyone sees Dave in a dream about a horse that wins to contact us immediately so we can bet on it. Our Husband, Father, Grandfather, Friend, Confidante would never steer us wrong.
Please join us in celebrating a man the world will gravely miss this Saturday January 15th at high noon at Brownlie Maxwell Funeral Home 1010 E. Palmetto Ave. Melbourne, FL 32901 followed by a reception at Spessard Holland Golf Course. In addition to this we will be scheduling a celebration of life/roast this coming August in Saratoga Springs, NY. All are welcome.
In lieu of flowers please feel free to make a donation to The Parkinson’s Foundation or please email the family for updates regarding a new foundation being established in Dave’s memory that will save future families from experiencing the same tragedy along the A1A corridor.
