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Published on 15/07/2023
PAGE-CLARK Howard Passed away peacefully at Burwood Nursing Home, Broadstone on Saturday 8th July 2023 aged 70 years. A loving husband, father, grandfather and brother. He will be remembered by his loving family, especially his four siblings. He will be forever in the hearts of his wife Jodi, sons Richard and Gareth, daughters Vicki and Natalie and his grandchild Vivienne. Loved by everyone who knew him, he will be very sadly missed but fondly remembered. Funeral service to be held at Lytchett Minster Parish Church on Saturday 29th July 2023 at 1:00pm. Family flowers only please. Donations in lieu of flowers for the charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF UK) may be sent to Albert Marsh Funeral Directors, St Michaels Road, Wareham BH20 4QU. www.funeraldirector.co.uk/howard-page-clarkTributes
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Sign in to add a tributeHearing of Howard’s passing moved me and I wanted to write a few words. I wanted to demonstrate that even people (like me) who only knew Howard briefly and superficially when considered over the span of his life and relationships, could be touched by his generosity and gentleness.
Between the ages of 11 and 19 I spent a tremendous amount of time at Howard’s farmhouse at Holton Heath. Richard and I were close friends, and along with Tim we would regularly cause trouble for Howard and Jodi! The farmhouse at Holton Heath was a tremendous playground for us growing up and looking back on it now from the once unimagined age of forty-something, I can truly appreciative what a formative and wonderful time it was.
Howard was part of that formative landscape of my youth. He was quiet and quietly spoken. He had authority, but there was a gentleness about the man that meant it was lightly wielded. His faith was very important to him, and even though it was not a faith that I shared, he was generous in including me in its rituals. He even took me to church one time with the family and was good natured and patient with my unfamiliarity with that world.
It is one of the tragedies of life that as we get older it gives us less and less, and starts to take more and more. I am deeply sorry that life has taken Howard from his family far too soon. I sincerely hope his faith has been rewarded, and I hope that there is a hereafter where he will again be with those he loved.
I look back with tremendous fondness on one of the most carefree times of my life, a time that could not have been possible without Howard’s forbearance and generous spirit. I am a father myself now, and I have a new appreciation for all that Howard gave to his family and the responsibility that he bore.
I will remember a kind and well-meaning man, who in a small but vital way enriched the life of this young man who has now grown up.
Rest in peace Howard and love to you and all your family.
Yours
Paul
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