Joan
Joan Smith Clark
d. July 26, 2018
Clark
Joan Smith
A longtime resident of Mt. Lebanon, PA, Joan Ellen Smith passed away on July 26, 2018. She was born in 1930 in Brooklyn, NY. In 1944, she went to boarding school at the Academy of Mount St. Vincent, in Tuxedo Park, NY. and graduated from there in 1948.
She then went to the Barmore School, in NYC and studied art.
The summer in between the Academy of Mount St. Vincent and the Barmore School, Joan met Seymour (Cy) Garland Clark at the Breezy Point Beach Club, located at Breezy Point, NY.
Joan and Cy married in 1951, during Cy's senior year at Duke University.
Joan worked in the rare book room at Duke University while Cy was in law school at Duke.
When they moved to Pittsburgh in 1958, Joan plunged back into one of her passions, art, and became a speaker and guide and the director of the art school program at the Pittsburgh Plan for Art.
In 1967, she began to fulfill one of her life time goals, which was to finish her college education. She started as a student at the University of Pittsburgh and graduated in 1973 with a B.A. in English.
From there, she went on to pursue a Masters of Education with a concentration in curriculum supervision.
After receiving her Master's degree, Joan became an English instructor at the University of Pittsburgh.
In 1975, she was hired at the Wesley Institute to be an English teacher at its Village Academy, a private middle school for special needs students.
In 1979, she was promoted to the position of Academic Dean of Village Academy, then in 1982 became the Director of the Wesley Institute.
Joan retired from the Wesley institute in 1997. For 24 years, she pursued her love for teaching. Not only did she teach, but also advised, and consulted a vast array of students: adult, college, secondary school, and special education. However, her love of teaching went beyond the classroom; Joan also was an advocate for special needs students and worked with therapists to help students with social and emotional difficulties. She also developed and supervised an ADHD behavioral and academic program.
Upon her retirement at the Wesley Institute, Joan immersed herself back into the world of art and became a docent at the Carnegie Art Museum.
Joan, along with Cy and her two oldest children, were avid tennis players at the Mt. Lebanon Tennis Center. From 1970-1979, while her children were training and competing in local tournaments, Joan was the youth tennis coordinator of the Mt. Lebanon Tennis Center, was the supervisor of the Mt. Lebanon Youth Team Tennis Association and was also the assistant coach of the Junior Wightman Tennis Team.
Joan, with Cy, continued to be year-round, active players at the Mt. Lebanon Tennis Center well into their 70's.
What brought them the most joy, however, was being grandparents, and they created a new life with their 5 grandchildren.
They loved the unique qualities of each grandchild and savored all the opportunities to be with them.
She is survived by her beloved husband, Seymour (Cy) G. Clark, her children, Wendy (Rich) Bartlett, Peter (Stacy) Clark, Lynn (Carl) Bahm and her grandchildren, Garland Bartlett, Sara Clark, Molly Clark, Jennifer Bahm, and Zack Bahm along with niece Adele Hayes and nephew Buckley Hayes. She is predeceased by her sister Georgine Way.
There will be a memorial service on Saturday, July 28 at 11am, held at the Providence Point chapel, 200 Adams Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15243. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to: The Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213 or online at:
www.CMOA.org
Joan Smith
A longtime resident of Mt. Lebanon, PA, Joan Ellen Smith passed away on July 26, 2018. She was born in 1930 in Brooklyn, NY. In 1944, she went to boarding school at the Academy of Mount St. Vincent, in Tuxedo Park, NY. and graduated from there in 1948.
She then went to the Barmore School, in NYC and studied art.
The summer in between the Academy of Mount St. Vincent and the Barmore School, Joan met Seymour (Cy) Garland Clark at the Breezy Point Beach Club, located at Breezy Point, NY.
Joan and Cy married in 1951, during Cy's senior year at Duke University.
Joan worked in the rare book room at Duke University while Cy was in law school at Duke.
When they moved to Pittsburgh in 1958, Joan plunged back into one of her passions, art, and became a speaker and guide and the director of the art school program at the Pittsburgh Plan for Art.
In 1967, she began to fulfill one of her life time goals, which was to finish her college education. She started as a student at the University of Pittsburgh and graduated in 1973 with a B.A. in English.
From there, she went on to pursue a Masters of Education with a concentration in curriculum supervision.
After receiving her Master's degree, Joan became an English instructor at the University of Pittsburgh.
In 1975, she was hired at the Wesley Institute to be an English teacher at its Village Academy, a private middle school for special needs students.
In 1979, she was promoted to the position of Academic Dean of Village Academy, then in 1982 became the Director of the Wesley Institute.
Joan retired from the Wesley institute in 1997. For 24 years, she pursued her love for teaching. Not only did she teach, but also advised, and consulted a vast array of students: adult, college, secondary school, and special education. However, her love of teaching went beyond the classroom; Joan also was an advocate for special needs students and worked with therapists to help students with social and emotional difficulties. She also developed and supervised an ADHD behavioral and academic program.
Upon her retirement at the Wesley Institute, Joan immersed herself back into the world of art and became a docent at the Carnegie Art Museum.
Joan, along with Cy and her two oldest children, were avid tennis players at the Mt. Lebanon Tennis Center. From 1970-1979, while her children were training and competing in local tournaments, Joan was the youth tennis coordinator of the Mt. Lebanon Tennis Center, was the supervisor of the Mt. Lebanon Youth Team Tennis Association and was also the assistant coach of the Junior Wightman Tennis Team.
Joan, with Cy, continued to be year-round, active players at the Mt. Lebanon Tennis Center well into their 70's.
What brought them the most joy, however, was being grandparents, and they created a new life with their 5 grandchildren.
They loved the unique qualities of each grandchild and savored all the opportunities to be with them.
She is survived by her beloved husband, Seymour (Cy) G. Clark, her children, Wendy (Rich) Bartlett, Peter (Stacy) Clark, Lynn (Carl) Bahm and her grandchildren, Garland Bartlett, Sara Clark, Molly Clark, Jennifer Bahm, and Zack Bahm along with niece Adele Hayes and nephew Buckley Hayes. She is predeceased by her sister Georgine Way.
There will be a memorial service on Saturday, July 28 at 11am, held at the Providence Point chapel, 200 Adams Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15243. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to: The Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213 or online at:
www.CMOA.org
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