Lloyd Clark passed away peacefully at the Mount Royal Care Centre at the age of 88 years. He is survived by his two sons, Mitchell (Alison) of Calgary and Peter (Bonnie) of Salmon Arm and his five grandchildren, Kyle. Nina, Caden, Seth and Isaiah. Lloyd is also survived by his brother Myrel (Barbara) Clark of Calgary and Ruth Dann of Vulcan. He was predeceased by his sister Eileen (Ivan) Haga of Vulcan.
Lloyd was born in Vulcan AB. He received degrees in Arts and Law from the University of British Columbia in 1950 and articled in the City of Calgary Law Department. He worked at Amoco Canada Petroleum Corporation throughout his career and retired as General Counsel and head of the Law Department.
At Lloyd’s request there will be no funeral or memorial service. Donations may be made in Lloyd's name to the Tom Baker Cancer Centre, c/o Alberta Cancer Foundation, 1331 - 29 Street N.W., Calgary, AB, T2N 4N2 or a charity of donor’s choice.
One of the gifts Lloyd passed to his sons was his love of words and ideas.
From a favourite poem, "The West Wind" by John Masefield
It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries;
I never hear the west wind but tears are in my eyes.
For it comes from the west lands, the old brown hills.
And April's in the west wind, and daffodils.
It's a fine land, the west land, for hearts as tired as mine,
Apple orchards blossom there, and the air's like wine.
There is cool green grass there, where men may lie at rest,
And the thrushes are in song there, fluting from the nest.
From "Brink of Eternity" by Rabindranath Tagore
I stand under the golden canopy of thine evening sky
and I lift my eager eyes to thy face.
I have come to the brink of eternity from which nothing can vanish
—-no hope, no happiness, no vision of a face seen through tears.
Oh, dip my emptied life into that ocean,
plunge it into the deepest fullness.
Let me for once feel that lost sweet touch
in the allness of the universe.
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