I am so sad; my heart is aching. Please know he touched my heart, and has given me strength to face my own cancer. He will live forever by touching all our hearts, and leaving a bit of himself behind.
As a reader of this blog from far away, I can only infer from the brief post, and the context of the replies that have been posted, that Tom has succumbed to his disease. I've been checking this space regularly for any news. If anyone can confirm the facts of this, I'd be grateful.
In the meantime, my condolences, best wishes and prayers to the family.
The Rev. Carl Wilton http://www.cewilton.blogspot.com
Thomas J. Clarke, Jr., 39, died Saturday, November 10, 2007 at Kavanagh House on Grand in West Des Moines.
Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, November 14 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Glendale Cemetery.
Tom was born in Durham, North Carolina and has lived in Des Moines most of his life. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a B.A. degree in finance. He graduated from the Law School at the University of Iowa in 1993. Tom was in private practice in Des Moines and argued cases before the Iowa Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals. In 2005 he became an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Des Moines.
Tom was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and enjoyed music, baseball and Hawkeye Football. He loved being involved in his sons' sports activities.
Survivors include his wife, Melissa; his sons, Joe and Jack; his parents, Tom and Sharon Clarke all of Des Moines; and his sisters, Megan Clarke of Des Moines and Stephanie (Josh) Chamberlin of Chicago, IL.
The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m., Tuesday, November 13 at Dunn's Funeral Home where a vigil service will begin at 6 p.m.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the John Stoddard Cancer Center c/o Thomas Clarke, Jr. 1440 Ingersoll Ave. Des Moines, Iowa 50309-3114.
Tom's family would like to thank Dr. William McGinnis, Dr. Steve Heddinger, Dr. Norma Hirsch and many family and friends for their care, love and support through Tom's illness.
It is the week before Christmas. Where the **** is my annual six-pack delivery of the good stuff? (Thinking of you, just like we said we always would.)
It is no secret that I have a very deep and personal relationship with God. I have pushed and resisted that relationship this past year through all the bullshit I have had to go through living with Herpes but once again, God is bigger than my stubbornness and broke through that outbreak cold sore and all I had Genital Herpes. For me personally, hearing over and over how I am not good enough has really invaded my mind in the worst way possible. I completely shut down and I was just waking up like is this how life going to end this temporary herpes outbreak “fuck everybody with herpes if you know what I mean” but let's be honest here... It is a cowardly to say no to herbal medicine. It is fear based. And it is dishonest to what my heart wants. Don't build a wall around yourself because you are afraid of herbals made or taking a bold step especially when it's come to health issues and getting cure. So many young men/ women tell me over and over that Dr Itua is going to scam me but I give him a try to today I feel like no one will ever convince me about herbal medicine I accept Dr Itua herbal medicine because it's cure my herpes just two weeks of drinking it and i have been living for a year and months now I experience outbreak no more, You can contact him if you need his herbal medicine for any such diseases like, Herpes, Schizophrenia,Cancer,Scoliosis,Fibromyalgia,Fluoroquinolone Toxicity Syndrome Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva.Fatal Familial Insomnia Factor V Leiden Mutation ,Epilepsy Dupuytren's disease,Desmoplastic,Diabetes ,Coeliac disease,Creutzfeldt–Jakob,Dairies,Lyme Disease,Epilepsy, ,ALS,Hepatitis,Copd,Parkinson disease.Genetic disease,Fibrodysplasia disease,Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Men/Woman infertility, bowel disease ,Huntington's disease ,Diabetes,Fibroid. disease,Lupus,Lipoid Storage diseases( Gauchers disease),Polycystic Disease.,Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Ataxia,Cirrhosis of Liver,Arthritis,Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis,Alzheimer's disease,Adrenocortical carcinoma.Asthma,Allergic,HIV, Epilepsy, Infertility, Love Spell,. Email..drituaherbalcenter@gmail.com then what's app.+2348149277967.... My advice to any sick men/women out there is simple... Be Always an open book. Be gut wrenching honest about yourself, your situation, and what you are all about. Don't hold anything back. Holding back will get you nowhere...maybe a one way ticket to lonelyville and that is NOT somewhere you want to be. So my final truth...and I'm just starting to grasp this one..
Named Time Magazine's Man of the Year 1997 & 2006, Nominated as one of People Magazine's 50 Sexiest People 1999, Photographer of one of the Ten Best Photos of 2002 as named by Life Magazine (Time magazine for people who can't read), called "really smart" by my third grade teacher 1977, and if you're still reading this nonsense, maybe you should just check out the blog.
14 comments:
You are all in our prayers.
The Bowman's
You and your family will remain in my prayers.
God bless and comfort,
Comrade L
PS I will miss his humor and spunk expressed in his blog.
I am so sad; my heart is aching. Please know he touched my heart, and has given me strength to face my own cancer. He will live forever by touching all our hearts, and leaving a bit of himself behind.
M Yacobucci
Can't get you off my mind...keeping you [You, Melissa, your boys and Tom's family] in my prayers.
Bless all of you,
Comrade L
A beautiful life gone far to soon. Love to you and your boys.
As a reader of this blog from far away, I can only infer from the brief post, and the context of the replies that have been posted, that Tom has succumbed to his disease. I've been checking this space regularly for any news. If anyone can confirm the facts of this, I'd be grateful.
In the meantime, my condolences, best wishes and prayers to the family.
The Rev. Carl Wilton
http://www.cewilton.blogspot.com
THOMAS JAMES CLARKE, JR.
DES MOINES
published on November 12, 2007
THOMAS JAMES CLARKE, JR.
Des Moines
Thomas J. Clarke, Jr., 39, died Saturday, November 10, 2007 at Kavanagh House on Grand in West Des Moines.
Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, November 14 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Glendale Cemetery.
Tom was born in Durham, North Carolina and has lived in Des Moines most of his life. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a B.A. degree in finance. He graduated from the Law School at the University of Iowa in 1993. Tom was in private practice in Des Moines and argued cases before the Iowa Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals. In 2005 he became an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Des Moines.
Tom was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and enjoyed music, baseball and Hawkeye Football. He loved being involved in his sons' sports activities.
Survivors include his wife, Melissa; his sons, Joe and Jack; his parents, Tom and Sharon Clarke all of Des Moines; and his sisters, Megan Clarke of Des Moines and Stephanie (Josh) Chamberlin of Chicago, IL.
The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m., Tuesday, November 13 at Dunn's Funeral Home where a vigil service will begin at 6 p.m.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the John Stoddard Cancer Center c/o Thomas Clarke, Jr. 1440 Ingersoll Ave. Des Moines, Iowa 50309-3114.
Tom's family would like to thank Dr. William McGinnis, Dr. Steve Heddinger, Dr. Norma Hirsch and many family and friends for their care, love and support through Tom's illness.
ILES
Dunn’s Chapel
2121 Grand Ave.
In honor of Tom, I posted my rememberance of how we met.
It has been awhile since you left, but we still miss you. I lifted a glass to you last night.
Happy 40th Birthday Tom. We miss you.
Todd and Sheila
God bless you Tommy.
It is the week before Christmas. Where the **** is my annual six-pack delivery of the good stuff? (Thinking of you, just like we said we always would.)
Blogs are so interactive where we get lots of informative on any topics...... nice job keep it up!!
It is no secret that I have a very deep and personal relationship with God. I have pushed and resisted that relationship this past year through all the bullshit I have had to go through living with Herpes but once again, God is bigger than my stubbornness and broke through that outbreak cold sore and all I had Genital Herpes. For me personally, hearing over and over how I am not good enough has really invaded my mind in the worst way possible. I completely shut down and I was just waking up like is this how life going to end this temporary herpes outbreak “fuck everybody with herpes if you know what I mean” but let's be honest here...
It is a cowardly to say no to herbal medicine. It is fear based. And it is dishonest to what my heart wants. Don't build a wall around yourself because you are afraid of herbals made or taking a bold step especially when it's come to health issues and getting cure. So many young men/ women tell me over and over that Dr Itua is going to scam me but I give him a try to today I feel like no one will ever convince me about herbal medicine I accept Dr Itua herbal medicine because it's cure my herpes just two weeks of drinking it and i have been living for a year and months now I experience outbreak no more, You can contact him if you need his herbal medicine for any such diseases like, Herpes, Schizophrenia,Cancer,Scoliosis,Fibromyalgia,Fluoroquinolone Toxicity Syndrome Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva.Fatal Familial Insomnia Factor V Leiden Mutation ,Epilepsy Dupuytren's disease,Desmoplastic,Diabetes ,Coeliac disease,Creutzfeldt–Jakob,Dairies,Lyme Disease,Epilepsy, ,ALS,Hepatitis,Copd,Parkinson disease.Genetic disease,Fibrodysplasia disease,Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Men/Woman infertility, bowel disease ,Huntington's disease ,Diabetes,Fibroid. disease,Lupus,Lipoid Storage diseases( Gauchers disease),Polycystic Disease.,Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Ataxia,Cirrhosis of Liver,Arthritis,Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis,Alzheimer's disease,Adrenocortical carcinoma.Asthma,Allergic,HIV, Epilepsy, Infertility, Love Spell,. Email..drituaherbalcenter@gmail.com then what's app.+2348149277967.... My advice to any sick men/women out there is simple... Be Always an open book. Be gut wrenching honest about yourself, your situation, and what you are all about. Don't hold anything back. Holding back will get you nowhere...maybe a one way ticket to lonelyville and that is NOT somewhere you want to be. So my final truth...and I'm just starting to grasp this one..
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