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Carolyn Clarke, a 20-year Belle Haven resident who ran for City Council in 2012, died Oct. 7.
Ms. Clarke was born Oct. 22, 1954, in Belize and moved to the Bay Area in 1979.
In 1987, she graduated from San Francisco State University with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. She went on to work as an accountant in the private sector for several years and later started her own tax accounting firm. She retired in 2016.
In 2012, Ms. Clarke ran for City Council. She was a housing commissioner and sought to bring more awareness about problems facing Belle Haven to the council. “I think that the east and west side need to learn more about each other. The community on the east side has changed quite a bit, and the other side might not be aware of that,” she told the Almanac at the time. She was also a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity.
According to her family, Ms. Clarke loved to spend time with her family and friends, work in the community, attend church, cook, read the bible and listen to praise and worship music.
She is survived by sons Chauncey Smith of Hayward and Jeremy Huddleston of Menlo Park, and two granddaughters.
Go to the Almanac’s Lasting Memories page for more information or to leave a remembrance.
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A nice lady dedicated to improving her community. So sad to hear of her death so young.
I remember her campaign and she had my vote. She served her community by running for Council and she served all of Menlo Park by being a Housing Commissioner. Her campaign helped to create public awareness as to the Belle Haven community as a whole and brought attention to key issues of (ongoing) concern about the disparity between City facilities, services and responsiveness to the public in Belle Haven and the rest of Menlo Park. I also admired the graciousness and civility with which she conducted herself. Very sorry that she is gone at such a young age and my sympathy goes out to her family and friends.
This is very sad news. My condolences to her loved ones. Menlo Park is a poorer place without her.