HAMPDEN – Nathan Daniel Clark, 17, passed away March 26, 2009, in Hampden. He was born Aug. 3, 1991, in Bangor, the son of Daniel A. Clark and Denise Harty Clark. Nathan was a senior at Hampden Academy and enjoyed participating in the Building Construction Program at the United Technologies Center. He was an avid soccer player from the age of 5. Nate played travel soccer around the state, and varsity soccer at Hampden Academy. His natural athletic ability allowed him to travel Europe for a life experience in soccer. Nathan loved paintball; he participated in many tournaments around New England and was very successful. Nate was an avid outdoorsman, enjoying hunting, fishing, hiking, four-wheeling, cutting wood and building campfires. Nate especially enjoyed spending time with family and friends, and playing cribbage with his Uncle Steve. Nate took pride in working for his dad at CDS, Bangor, where he displayed an extremely good work ethic for such a young man. His greatest love and enjoyment came from being a big brother to Ben and Jacob. His charm and smile will always be in our hearts, and his laugh that touched so many of us will be remembered. Nate was a remarkable young man and he will be sadly missed by all. His memory will go on in all of us, for he is and will always be our Nato. Nate is survived by his mother, Denise Harty Clark of Dixmont; his father, Daniel A. Clark of Hampden and companion, Anne Marie Brown, of Brewer; brothers, Benjamin T. and Jacob L. Clark of Hampden; paternal grandmother, Evelyn L. Clark of Bangor; maternal grandparents, Maria Harty-Ritchie and Eugene Ritchie of Rockwood; aunts and uncles, David L. Clark and wife, Margaret, of Bangor, Carolyn L. Corey and husband, Steven, of Brewer and their daughter, Rebecca Petrie and her husband, Jason, of Oakland, Christine L. Bates and husband, Scott, of Fort Myers, Fla., Sandra J. Dubovy and husband, David, and their daughter, Molly, of Bangor and their daughter, Emily, of Waterville, Sue Tucker of Bangor, Debbie Gillespie and husband, Ken and their two sons, Mat and Scott, of Florida, Jimmy Harty and wife, Carolyn, of Georgia and Issy and husband, Chuck Minott, of Colorado, and Issy’s children, Ashleigh and Jason Cross, of Maine; many friends throughout Maine; and great-uncle, Donald Jacobsen of Boston. He was predeceased by maternal grandfather, Joseph Harty; paternal grandfather, Harvard L. Clark; and uncle, Steven Harty. Family and friends may visit 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Hampden-Gilpatrick Funeral Home, 45 Western Ave., Hampden, where a funeral service for family and close friends will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Dr. Rex Garrett, director of chaplaincy services at Eastern Maine Medical Center, officiating. In keeping with Nate’s love for his brothers, in lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to a college scholarship fund for Jacob and Ben, care of Carolyn L. Corey, 111 Silk St., Brewer, ME 04412. Interment will be later in the springtime at Lakeview Cemetery, Hampden. Messages of condolence and memories may be shared through www.hampdengilpatrick.com.
NATHAN D. CLARK ‘NATE’
