Clark H. Moore
Clark H. Moore
Description: Oct. 20, 1929 - May 16, 2007
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Posted by editor Tue Nov 30, 1999 00:00:00 PST
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0 responses 0 comments Many words can describe Clark Moore, but the choice ones are husband, teacher, leader, birder and most poignantly, friend. On Wednesday, May 16, Clark suffered a massive heart attack and left us. But not before first imparting many gifts to his family, friends and community.
Born on Oct. 20, 1929, Clark began life as a student in this world, endowed with a lively imagination and inquisitive mind. His early education began in San Jose with high school in Pasadena, extended education at John Muir (Jr.) College, later earning both a BA and MA from Occidental.
Clark married Jean Elizabeth Detrick in January 1951, spent 13 months in National Guard duty in Japan and Korea, returning in 1952 to pursue a management career in property and casualty insurance.
The Moores birded widely and spent fun times car rallying as members of the Sports Car of America and the Volkswagen Owners clubs. Retiring in 1989, Clark and Jean drove to our Tehachapi community and stayed.
In this period of his life, Clark co-teamed with Jean to become both student and teacher of nature, using their passion for wildlife, conservation and local and distant birding to enrich the lives of Tehachapi residents. Classes on local birding grew from demand into the creation of the TMBC (Tehachapi Mountains Birding Club). Within the bird meetings and school presentations and working closely with the California Condor program, Clark and Jean teamed as our local bird authority and teachers to many.
With great patience, Clark spent numerous hours answering calls and emails concerning bird questions and sightings, and the occasional injured bird rescue. It wasn't unusual for both Clark and Jean to drive a Red-tailed hawk or Great-horned owl into Bakersfield for treatment.
Clark and Jean wrote and put to print The Hoot, a monthly newsletter for TMBC. The bird stories written by Clark himself were the best read. Articles he published in the Tehachapi News and The Cub in Bear Valley educated and enticed the community into the birding world.
Clark's interests, wide and varied, included a spectrum from history and music to politics and nature. Inquiring minds sought him out for conversation, information and advice and were not disappointed. Down deep, Clark had the heart of a writer. He loved putting words to paper, ideas in print, information available to many. Most of all, Clark loved a good story. He read them, he wrote them. He had a real way of forming a most interesting paragraph. We will miss those paragraphs. We will miss him even more.
A memorial has not been planned at this time. A donation can be made to honor and remember Clark Moore at CALM, for the rehab center, found at 10500 Alfred Harrel Highway, Bakersfield, CA 93306.
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