Laraine & Denny Clark with John Olesky at 2010 MHS Alumni Reunion

Laraine Lushinski Clark’s husband passes away

Denny Clark, husband of Laraine Lushinski Clark, Class of 1964, passed away Wednesday, April 5.

They live in Mt. Clare near Clarksburg.



Denny Clark

Laraine and siblings Rosemary and the late John, Jr. grew up on Church Street, two doors down from the Olesky family. Their parents were Sophie and John Lushinski, Sr.

 

My sister, Jackie Olesky Straight, Class of 1955, tipped me off about Denny’s passing. Jackie, Rosemary Lushinski Tetrick and Laraine had an emotional reunion at the 2010 Monongah High Alumni Reunion.

John, Jackie & Rosemary at 2010 reunion

Rosemary is the godmother of Jackie’s daughter, Renee Straight, a WVU Ruby Memorial pharmacist. Rosemary is married to Ron Tetrick. Both are Class of 1958 and live in Baden, Pennsylvania.

Jackie taught Denny and Laraine’s daughter, April, when April was working her way toward a North Marion High diploma. Jackie also taught at Rivesville High before it consolidated with Fairmont West and Monongah consolidated into North Marion.

The Sayres family lived between the Olesky and Lushinski families on Church Street.

Denny’s obituary:

NUTTER FORT — Denzel “Denny” Clay Clark, Jr., 68, of Mt. Clare, WV, passed away on Wednesday, April 5, 2016, at Ruby Memorial Hospital.

He was born in Clarksburg, WV, on November 18, 1947, a son of the late Denzel Clay Clark, Sr. and Lillian Ada Haslebacher Clark.

He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Laraine S. Lushinski Clark, whom he married July 17, 1971, and who resides at their home in Mt. Clare.

Also surviving are one son, Clay Christopher Clark and wife Sherri of Clarksburg, WV; one daughter, April Marie Santee and husband, Vernon of Grant Town, WV; four grandchildren, Cassidy and Cameron Clark and Hunter and Holden Santee; four stepgrandchildren, David, Danny, Cody and Cassius Santee; three sisters, Elnora Ganoe of Clarksburg, WV, Sandra Hoffman of Brigantine, NJ, and Donna Fournier and husband Mike of Martinsburg, WV; and several nieces and nephews.

Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by four brothers-in-law, Tony Ganoe, Stanley Grooms, John Lushinski, Jr. and Tom Gawthrop and his mother and father-in-law, John and Sophie Lushinski.

He was a 1965 graduate of Washington Irving High School and attended electronics school for two years in Baltimore, MD. He then volunteered in the United States Army having served in Vietnam where he was a recipient of the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. He graduated from Fairmont State College with a Bachelor Degree in Accounting. He retired after 31 years as a self employed Tax Consultant in Mannington, WV, and was a member of the Church of the Nazarene in Stonewood, WV. Denny enjoyed hunting and fishing trips with his family and traveling with his wife. He loved spending time with his family, especially with his grandchildren and following their sporting events.

Family and friends may call at the Amos Carvelli Funeral Home, 201 Edison St., Nutter Fort, WV, on Friday, April 8, 2016, from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. The funeral service will be held on Saturday, April 9, 2016, at the Church of the Nazarene, 9254 Cost Avenue, Stonewood, WV, at 11 a.m. with Pastor Richard Settles presiding. Graveside services will be held at the West Virginia National Cemetery, Grafton, WV, on Monday, April 11, 2016, at 10 a.m., where full military honors will be accorded.

Expressions of sympathy may be extended to the family at www.amoscarvelli.com