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MONROE H. CLARK

Monroe H. Clark, age 84, of Chesterton, Ind., died Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008, at St. Anthony Memorial Health Care, Michigan City, Ind.

Services were held Sunday, Jan. 4, at the Korean United Methodist Church in Flossmoor, Ill., with the Rev. Ken Roh officiating.

Mr. Clark was born July 25, 1924, in Hytop, Ala., to Wheeler and Topsy Clark, both of whom preceded him in death. On Nov. 14, 1948, in Blue Island, Ill., he married Lorraine Wagner. She preceded him in death on Nov. 22, 1997.

Surviving are daughter Sherry (Philip) Guarino of Rockford, Ill.; sons Michael Clark of Homewood, Ill., and Todd Clark of Stock Island; grandchildren Rachel Lee, Dr. Alicia (Tony) Guarino, Bianca Clark, Adam Guarino and Monique Clark, brothers Raymond Clark of Decatur, Ala., and Virgil Clark of Stone Mountain, Ga.; and sister Edith McLemore of Huntsville, Ala.

He was preceded in death by two sons, Stephen A. Clark and Jeffrey M. Clark, one sister and five brothers.

Mr. Clark had been a crane operator with Interlake Steel for 44 years until his retirement. He was a member of the United Steel Workers in Riverdale, Ill.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.

To view his tribute, leave private or public condolences, or sign the guest book, visit http://www.carlislefh.com.

MARK NOAH NATHAN BARAUCK

Mark Barauck, born April 20, 1957, in San Francisco died Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008, in Miami, Fla., from complications of surgery. He was the son of Alfred (deceased) and Alice Barauck, brother of Lisha (Keith) Cassingham, and uncle of Ashley, Emily and Kimberly of Palo Alto, Calif.

He also is survived by hundreds of Key West friends and his Key West family of Jean Claude Gosselin, John Husted, Dan Lotten, Mark Watson, Alan Eckstein and partner Lura Gorman.

Mark moved to Key West in 1994 with Jean Claude Gosselin, where he owned and operated his first insurance brokerage business in partnership with Allen Bress of Phoenix. In 1996, he partnered with Lura and Mickey Gorman in the Gallery on Greene. In 1997, he again partnered with the Gormans, as well as Sal Rapisardi, in opening Diva's nightclub, where Aqua is today. In 1999, he partnered with the Gormans in La Te Da, and became the sole owner in 2003.

Mark was a graduate of the University of California Santa Barbara in 1978, and did graduate studies in economics at Harvard in 1981. In 1977, he was honored by the Omirron Delta Epsilon of California in recognition of high scholastic achievement in the field of economics. In 1989, he was invited to Paris to receive recognition of outstanding national leadership from the American Bankers Millionaires Club.

He was acknowledged as Humanitarian of the Year by AIDS Help Inc. in 2005. Through La Te Da, he made generous contributions to numerous charities and community organizations.

Mark will always be remembered for his larger-than-life attitude in everything that he touched. He relished gourmet cooking, his puppies, his swimming pools, cocktails and friends.

The light has gone out of our lives.

Donations may be made to AIDS Help Inc. of Key West.

A celebration of Mark Barauck's life will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009, at White Street Pier. A reception will follow at La Te Da.

WORTHY H. MAYNARD

Worthy H. Maynard Jr., 62, of Big Pine Key, passed away Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009, at Fishermen's Hospital in Marathon. He was born on Aug. 8, 1946, in Frederick County, Md., to the late Worthy H. and Virginia J. White Maynard.

Mr. Maynard had worked as produce manager at Fausto's Food Palace on Fleming Street, Key West, since 1989.

Surviving is his wife, Valdine Parrott Maynard, of Big Pine Key. Children include Rick Maynard of Columbus, Ohio; Shelley Maynard Ward of Columbus, Ohio; Thomas Blakely of Ocoee, Fla.; Rob Blakely of Ocoee, Fla.; Matthew Ryan Parrott of Key West; and nine grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Dean-Lopez Funeral Home, 418 Simonton St.

Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7, and from 9 a.m. Thursday until service time at the funeral home.

The Dean-Lopez Funeral Home is entrusted with all funeral arrangements.

JOHN SEYMOUR SENEY

John Seymour Seney, better known as "Jack," age 94, died Jan. 3, 2009, at Baptist Hospital of Miami after a brief illness.

Jack resided in the Florida Keys and had a full and interesting life, which began in Waterloo, Iowa. After graduating from high school in Savannah, Ga., he became a Merchant Marine Cadet with the Southern Steamship Co. of Savannah. This led to his becoming an engineer aboard various merchant ships of that line until 1934, when he left the Merchant Marine.

Jack married Audrey Clyde Thomas of Richmond, Va., in 1937. He started his electromechanical engineering career with the DuPont Co. in 1941 at the Spruance Plant in Richmond. He transferred to the DuPont Nylon Plant in Seaford, Del., in 1954, becoming director of the company's first Electromechanical Research Laboratory, in Seaford.

His research and development work in electromechanics led to many groundbreaking patents. His outside activities included founding the Nanticoke Rocket Society, being a charter member of the Delaware Academy of Science, and his leadership of the Daedalus Project, an original research project in which he proved through experimentation that the winged motion of birds is a complex rotation, rather than merely flapping of wings. For this work, Jack received national television and magazine publicity in the early 1960s, and was consulted by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Jack retired from DuPont in 1979, and he and Audrey moved to their newly constructed home in Sugarloaf Shores in the Florida Keys. Throughout his life in the Keys, Jack continued to be active researching, creating and obtaining patents for new devices to improve the health and well-being of mankind. In 1987, he was named International Inventor of the Year. His membership in Arcturus was very important to him, as well as active involvement in the University of Florida survey, collection and analysis of the waters in and around Sugarloaf Key, as part of their water quality program. He worked on the restoration of the World War II Coast Guard Cutter U.S.S. Mohawk after its arrival for exhibition in Key West.

Jack will be remembered for his talents, his humor, and his many passions for work, family and friends, and especially dancing.

He is survived by his three daughters, Dr. Patricia Geerdes of Moundsville, W.Va., Victoria Daniel of Germantown, Tenn., and Jacklyn Moore of Wesley Chapel, Fla.; eight grandchildren; 11 great-granchildren, and his dear and loving friend, Joan Sammy.

A commemorative celebration will be held in the near future in Key West at a time and date yet to be determined. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the U.S.S. Mohawk CGC, P.O. Box 186, Key West, FL, 33041.