Clarice Penney Walker

    Walker, Clarice P., 99, November 4, 2011.
    TOPSHAM – Clarice Penney Walker of Hancock and Topsham, died on November 4, 2011.
    Born January 25, 1912, to Lester A. and Marcia Young Penney, Clarice graduated from Bangor High School in 1929, Emerson College in 1933, and Syracuse University in 1944. She taught speech, drama, and English at Solon High School, at Houlton High School, and in Huntington, New York.  Clarice delighted in receiving letters and visits from former students who told her of the impact she and her teaching had made in their lives.
    In 1945 she married John Douglas Walker, Jr., and after WWII, they returned to Houlton, where she was active in AAUW and the First Church of Houlton, Unitarian-Universalist. In 1970 she and Jack retired to her ancestral home in Hancock, Maine, a community they dearly loved. After her husband’s death in 1994, Clarice moved to The Highlands in Topsham to be near her daughters.
    Her cheerful outlook; her direct, practical approach to aging; and her wit and wisdom delighted family, friends, and staff.
    Her survivors include her daughters, Jane Walker Woodruff and her husband, Frederick, of South Freeport, and Sally Walker Madore and her husband, Jeffrey, of Cumberland Foreside.  Additional survivors are her much-loved grandsons, Jonathan Woodruff and his wife, Akiko Okusu, of Amherst, MA; Nathaniel Woodruff and his wife, Courtney, of Pelham, MA; and Thomas Woodruff and his wife, Carrie, of Ipswich, MA; and five great-grandchildren.
    Her family wishes to thank the staffs of Governor King and Cadigan Lodge at The Highlands and CHANS Hospice for the exceptional care, comfort, and love they offered Clarice. Her daughters are most grateful.
    A service will be private. Memorial donations may be made to Union Congregational Church, 1368 US Highway 1, Hancock, ME 04640, or Crabtree Neck Land Trust, PO Box 273, Hancock, ME 04640.