Marsha Louise Clark
Claremont, NH – Marsha Louise Clark, 75, of Keene, NH, passed away at
the Valley Regional Hospital in Claremont, NH on August 23, 2025,
after a period of declining health.
Born in Peterborough, NH, on September 23, 1949, she was the second
daughter welcomed by Rita (Christian) and Richard Loranger. Raised in
Jaffrey, NH, she graduated from Conant High School in 1968.
She met her first husband, Robert F. Smith of Abington, MA, shortly
after her graduation. They married and welcomed a daughter, Kimberly
Anne, in August 1970. After their divorce in 1978, Marsha and Kimberly
relocated to Keene where they stayed for a period with her cousin
Marie Robinson, and her children Heidi (Nason) Cleverly and Ron Nason
Jr. This time is affectionately remembered as their “Ramada-daddering”
period.
Marsha enjoyed several careers throughout her years in Keene. Most
notably, her tenures at Wetterau Food Group, Granite Bank, and Home
Healthcare, Hospice, and Community Services resulted in her meeting
many beautiful people with whom she would treasure lifelong
friendships.
It was during her time at Wetterau she met the love of her life, Mark
E. Clark. On August 5, 1984, they married in the living room of good
friends Paula and Herb Miller. Together, along with Kimberly and
Mark’s daughters Michelle and Heather, they enjoyed many happy years
full of love and family. They loved to vacation with their cherished
friends from Keene Elks Lodge 927, which she proudly joined in 2022.
They shared many laughs, meals, and beers on white, sandy beaches in
the U.S. and abroad. Undoubtedly, these trips were sure to include
many “Marsha ism’s” (if you know, you know). Their time was tragically
cut short when Mark was killed in a car accident in 2002.
After her husband’s death, she moved to the Wright Estates in Keene.
Here, a community of neighbors became friends, and cared and watched
over her until her last days. Other than any day at the beach, a trip
to a casino with her good friend Laura Merrifield, or times spent with
“the girls” from her early Jaffrey years (that she maintained
decades-long friendships with), there was nothing that she treasured
more than time with her family. Truly sentimental, she kept every
card, letter, and keepsake she was given. Christmases were her
favorite.
Marsha is survived by her daughter Kimberly and husband Bill O’Brien
of North Swanzey, NH, stepdaughter Michelle Clark of Londonderry, NH,
stepdaughter Heather (Clark) Davis and husband Steve of Saugus, MA,
granddaughter Erin (O’Brien) Patnode and her husband Keith of Surry,
NH, granddaughter Brooke O’Brien and partner Austin Fusco of
Winchester, NH, grandson William O’Brien III of North Swanzey, NH,
step grandchildren Marcus and Miles Davis of Saugus, MA, and great
grandson Briggs Patnode of Surry, NH. Along with her parents and
husband, she is predeceased by her sister Nancy (Loranger) Boudrieau,
but is survived by her brother-in-law Bob Boudrieau, nephew Mark
Boudrieau, and niece Lisa Boudrieau.
Calling hours will be held on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, from 5:00
to 7:00pm at the Foley Funeral Home, 49 Court Street, Keene, NH. A
graveside service will be held on Wednesday, September 17th at 11:00
am on the Monadnock View Cemetery, Park Avenue, Keene.
In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory can be made to Home
Healthcare Hospice and Community Services, PO Box 564, Keene, NH
03431.
To offer online condolences to the family or to share special
memories, please visit www.foleyfuneralhome.com.