Beverly S Clark

It wasn’t easy to keep track of all of Beverly Clark’s accomplishments. She was a beloved classroom teacher, a skilled music teacher and child neuropsychologist: numerous young people benefited from her teaching and counseling. She was a brilliant flutist, and, along with her husband Bill, the founder of a symphony orchestra, Symphony by the Sea, a cultural gem of Marblehead and the North Shore. She was a wonderful gardener and home chef, to which any of her family and friends can attest.

Her family, and those friends, were numerous, and she counted them as her most valued possessions. Her three children and six grandchildren were the center of her world, and her friends came from every quarter of her life. She had friendships that went back to the first grade, to high school, college, to every job she ever had. She had great friends from her neighborhood, from her synagogue. When Bev talked about her children and grandchildren, she wasn’t boasting; she was simply kvelling, feeling pride. And if you were fortunate enough to be her friend, you came to value the way she lit up with enthusiasm whenever she spent time with you, whether chatting while walking your dogs, eating out at a favorite restaurant, or just talking on the phone.

Beverly died Thursday, August 8, 2024, at Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers, Massachusetts.

Beverly Seger Clark was born on October 19, 1945 in Hartford, Connecticut, the middle child of Edward and Esther (Wladimer) Seger. Beverly’s mother died when Bev was 14, and she and her sister assumed a large part of household duties — shopping, cooking, and taking care of their younger brother. In high school, and all through college, she worked weekends in a hospital laboratory. Bev attended college at the University of Connecticut on a music scholarship, where she met her husband Bill they were introduced by their flute teacher. She later earned Master’s degrees and certificates in reading and special education and neuropsychology at Salem State University and North Shore Children’s Hospital. She and Bill raised their family in Marblehead.

Beverly was predeceased by her parents, and by Bill.

She leaves her children Paul Clark, his partner Correen Demers, and his children Aidan and Em of Salem; Erika Clark Griffin, her husband Michael and their children Nicholas, Casey and Jacob of Salem; and Jonathan Clark of Marblehead, and his son Alessandro Clark Fratto of

Princeton, NJ. She is also survived by her sister Marcia (Bob) Berenson of Manchester, CT, and their children Darryl (Jennifer) of Belchertown, MA, and Eric (Kristin - deceased) of Windsor, CT; and her brother Mark (Pauline) Seger of West Hartford, CT, and their children Jessica (Tom) Bula of West Hartford, and Justin (Valarie) of Lexington, MA; and several cousins, as well as great nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute (www.dana-farber.org) or to a charity of your choice