Doris Clark

Doris Clark, age 94, of Pompton Plains, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 10, 2024.

Doris was born in Paterson, the youngest of William and Ella(Storms) Hart’s eight children. Following graduation from high school, Doris first worked for Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) in the typing pool. She eventually settled into a job as a secretary in the accounting department for Singer Kearfott in West Paterson (known today as Woodland Park). 

Following retirement from Kearfott, Doris volunteered for over twenty years at Chilton Memorial Hospital in Pequannock in the hospital’s gift shop. 

Doris found love with a gentleman named Ralph Clark, Jr. whom she had known and worked with for many years at Singer Kearfott. After a wonderful and romantic courtship, they were married in November of 1981 in Wyckoff, NJ at Grace United Methodist Church. After honeymooning in Nassau in the Bahamas, they lived in Pequannock and cherished thirty-six years of loyal and loving marriage until Ralph’s passing in 2017. They enjoyed traveling together with one of their greatest highlights being a special and memorable trip to Europe. 

In her spare time, besides traveling with Ralph, Doris enjoyed working in her garden, going for walks with her dog Cindy, and feeding and watching the birds. She always had a pair a binoculars handy so that she could get a closer look at her feathered friends. During the Beanie Babies craze, she had lots of fun adding them to her collection and letting her granddaughters play with them when they visited. She and Ralph loved going down the shore, especially to Belmar and Spring Lake and they had the greatest fun taking their grandchildren on day trip adventures to various places of interest.  

In 2017, Doris moved to Cedar Crest Village. She enjoyed the friends she made and all the many activities that were offered. She especially liked to play cards and, when she recently moved into Cedar Crest’s Mountain View Gardens for assisted living, she was a frequent bingo champion.  

Doris was the loving wife of Ralph A. Clark, blessed in marriage until his passing in 2017. She was also predeceased by all of her siblings including Elva Non, Gladys Decker, William Hart, Ruth Hart, Dorothy Hart, Murial Motzer, and Robert Hart. She was the loving aunt of Sandy, Jackie, Kerry, Bob, Bradley, Bill, Lois, Bob, and the late Ralph and late Bev; dear great-aunt of numerous nieces and nephews; dear stepmother of Corrine Vara and husband Anthony, and the late Elaine Trama and her husband Joel; adored grandmother of: Marc, Jocelyn and wife Christine, Julie and husband Ryan, Jared, and Anthony and companion Claire; and cherished great-grandmother of Thea Margaret. 

Because of her great love for animals, in lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Doris’ name are asked to consider:

NJ Humane Society

6412 Dewey Ave.

West New York, New Jersey 07093

After making your donation online, the NJ Humane Society asks that you email them at njhswny@gmail.com to let them know that you made the donation in memory of Doris Clark.