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Bright Penny T H E BRIGHT PENNY January 2008 A NEWSLETTER FOR MEMBERS OF THE USS BERKELEY (DDG-15) ASSOCIATION TAPS FOR OUR DIRECTOR It is a sad note to announce the passing By his choice he requested cremation and of Lou Clark on the 9th of December that his ashes be scattered at sea from a following his five month struggle with U.S. Navy ship. On December 15th a cancer. His tenure as the Director of the memorial service was conducted to USS Berkeley Association was far too celebrate his life with several Berkeley short, only a little over one year; shipmates attending. nevertheless, he was a hard charger and Lou was a member of the pre- he put his heart and soul into building the commissioning crew and a plankowner, Association into a bigger and better serving on board for one year after the ship organization for the entire membership. was commissioned. As a Gunners Mate, He took a special interest in publishing a Missiles, he went on to serve on three more newsletter with interesting stories and missile ships, USS Schofield DEG-3, USS informative articles. Decatur DDG-31 and USS John Paul Jones Lou took over the Association DDG-32. following the passing of Ray Bartlett in Lou found it to be a sad event for him 2006, which was carried on for a few when he attended the decommissioning months by his wife, Donna. ceremony of the USS Berkeley in 1992. Lou served in the U.S. Navy from 1957 Thirty years before he was there when the to 1975, retiring with eighteen years of ship was brought to life as her first crew Naval service and three years with the U. GMM1 Louis E. Clark, USN (Ret) manned her on 15 December 1962. S. Marine Corps. In 1983 he married Pat 1934 — 2007 Lou was predeceased by his first wife of and together they have been a driving 23 years, Shirley, and together they had force in the building and growth of the five children and six grandchildren. In Association . He will be missed by all. Farewell and Following Seas 1983 he married Pat and they have resided in Long Beach ever since. IN MEMORY OF LOUIS EDWARD CLARK 14 July 1934 – 9 December 2007 Louis Edward Clark was the fourth of four boys borne to Robert Stanley and Aline Marguerite Clark on the 14th day of July 1934. He was borne at Cecilia KY, a town about 45 miles south of Louisville, KY. He had three brothers, myself, Robert Stanley, Joseph Charles and William Clarence. Louis was quickly shortened to “Louie”, and I believe he grew into his starting school years thinking that his name was Louie instead of Louis. I can remember him coming home from his first day at school saying –Mommy, Mommy, why are the sisters at school calling me Louis? – My name is Louie. But the name Louie stuck to him until his late teens when he entered the service, when he was then tagged as “Lou”. We were living in hard times during the depression years. Dad was lucky to have the family farm. It kept us with food and shelter during these hard years. Louie, being just a baby didn’t remember any of this, but he did remember the loss of our father in 1938 when he was just four years old. It hurt him and his brother Bill so bad that they cried for weeks. I can remember their hurt even today. After Dad’s passing away, Mother moved us back to Louisville, where she found work as a receptionist at the State Board of Health. Our Grandmother, Carrie Stapp (Mother’s Mother) moved in with us to help raise us children. Louie was a very bright student in his school years. He was always in the upper portion of his class in all subjects. He was also an Alter Boy in Church at St. Boniface Catholic School where all of us boys attended school. At one time all of us were in the same school at the same time. Louie was deeply hurt again when we lost our Mother. He was nine years old at the time. Our Grandmother continued to raise us. Since Mother had been in the Tuberculosis Sanatorium for a little over three years, a mother’s care was almost forgotten by him and I was more of a father figure to him than that of a brother. He quickly overcame his hurt of losing his Mother. He finished grade school and went on to high school. At this point I believe he copied my actions. I had quit High School and joined the Marine Corps. He did the same thing. For two years in the Corps he decided that he was not cut out to be a “Mud Marine”, he wanted a warm bed each night instead of a fox hole. So when his enlistment was up, he left the Corps, Married his childhood sweetheart, Shirley Ann Walker, joined the Navy and started raising a family. Tina, his first borne, was borne September 4, 1956, Catherine August 28, 1958, twins, Terry and Carrie, May 19, 1962, and Louis Jr., March 17, 1968. As a military man, there were many times that he would not be there to be with his family, to see their first steps, to dry their tears, to tuck them into their beds at night and all the fatherly things that children need. But when he was there for them, there was love and joy to be had. During his career in the Navy there were many assignments when it was so hard to say goodbye to your family. One such assignment almost sent him AWOL. Louis was shipping out to sea, Shirley and the children were there to see him off. Carrie was standing by and Louie was turning to walk to the gangplank and Carrie said her first words, “Bye Bye, DaDa”. Louie said that he couldn’t even turn around to kiss or say goodbye to Shirley, at that moment he knew if he did, he would go AWOL. Louie continued his Navy career and retired in 1975. He moved his family back to Louisville, but things didn’t work out for them in Louisville. In just a few weeks they were all very unhappy there and work was almost impossible to find. They were waiting for their furniture to arrive in the moving van and when it did arrive they had decided to move back to California. He had rented a U- Haul truck and was unloading the moving van into the truck. His neighbors not knowing him thought he was stealing the furniture from the van and called the police. He was almost arrested for this Upon his arrival back here in California, he moved back into the same apartment that he had just vacated weeks ago. After getting settled, finding work and finally buying their own home in the fall of 1979 in Los Alamitos, California things were looking up for them. However, in November of 1979, Shirley passed away leaving Louie and the family badly broken up. It took quite some (Continued on page 4) The Bright Penny - January 2008 Page 2 USS BERKELEY ASSOCIATION A note from Dale Johnson and founder of the association, has always 4817 Krestridge Court East Thanks to everyone been the pillar and the mortar that keeps Bargersville, IN 46106 everything and everyone pulling in the 317-281-4152 that assisted with the transfer of the duties and same direction. David Meier E Mail: [email protected] (new) assets for our recently volunteered to be our ACVA Website: www.ussberkeley.com (Save the C. F. Adams) representative and Biennial Dues: $20.00 association. From the Director: Dale Johnson bottom of my heart I he is already a member of the Asst. Director: Pending want to offer a special ACVA group. David is enthusiastic Secretary: Pat Clark & Tammy Meier THANK YOU to Pat Clark for about this project and will serve us Membership Committee Chairman: Al Meier everything she has done and is well. Duane LeDoux assisted Lou in Reunion Committee Chairman: Dale Johnson continuing to do. Pat’s familiarity, identifying and selecting the Sheraton Bright Penny Editor: Jim Sundahl knowledge, energy and superb Braintree south of Boston for the next Ship’s Store Manager: Gerald Hansen reunion. Thanks Duane and I know I can Webmaster: Jim Barrett attitude made it all possible. Without count on you for additional support, as we Newsletter Publisher: Jim Barrett her help and support we would have never been able to complete the get closer to the date. Al Meier is in transition in an orderly manner thus charge of new membership. Al Berkeley History allowing me to assume the Director maintained contact with Lou and worked December duties. Pat has asked to continue with closely with him locating new the Berkeley Association by taking care members. Thanks to Tammy Meier and 40 Years Ago, 1967 of the scrapbooks and the Berkeley Pat Clark for serving as the secretary Continuing QRC 99 test and evaluation Beauties column. She will be attending staff. We hope we can count on both of project. 11-14 Secretary of the Navy guest the Boston reunion. you to take the minutes at the next cruise, Pacific Missile Range. 15-31 Needless to say this is work in business meeting. Last but not least Ed & Holiday leave and upkeep, inport Long progress. To that end I'll be brief but first Sylvia Dertinger put me up for a couple Beach.
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