Rodger William Clarke
March 1, 1942 ~ July 6, 2019
Rodger William Clarke, 77, of Geneva, passed away Saturday, July 6, 2019. A long-time Geneva resident, he adored drives through the lake, Madsen donuts, Geneva Tennis, and going to Florida in the winter.
He graduated from Geneva High School, Class of 1960, and was very involved in getting everyone together for the class reunions.
Rodger loved to be on the move; he drove to California after graduating high school and then for many years moved from state to state (Colorado, Florida, New York, North Carolina), before settling back in Geneva. He had an easy-going spirit, a witty sense of humor, and a strong will.
He is survived by his children Errol Clarke of Geneva and Alexandria Clarke of Pasadena, CA; and siblings Robert Clarke of Corning, NY, Sharon Shirley of Aguilar, CO and Mike Shupska of Geneva; he is also survived by his cousin Sue Blakenship of Orlando, FL; his grandchildren Priscilla Lynn Zena Clarke, Errol Shane Clarke Jr., Aaliyah Brianne Clarke, and Rorrie Belle Clarke.
He was preceded in death by his mother Marie Shupska, whom he visited with the newspaper every day.
A Celebration of Life will take place at Geneva State Park, East Shelter on Sunday, July 14, at 1pm.
The Behm Family Funeral Home is assisting the family at this time.
Online obituary and condolences may be viewed at www.behmfuneral.com
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Rodger Clarke was an extremely nice person who raised two of the very best Geneva Tennis players and wonderful young people — Errol and Alex. We are so glad we got to know him when Alex was playing tennis and we were back in Geneva for awhile. God bless his family. Coach and Kathy Bradshaw