Clare Calvert Whitbeck, 75 of Leonardtown, MD, passed away Saturday, January 23, 2016 at her residence, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on August 20, 1940 in Arlington, VA to the late George Walton Calvert and Lottie Mae Copenhaver Calvert. After graduating from George Washington University in Washington, DC with a bachelor’s degree in speech correction, Clare and her friend Isabel spent the summer driving to Clare’s first teaching job in Arizona. (This spirit of adventure characterized Clare’s entire life.) After a year in Arizona, where she taught special needs children and in her free time acquired her private pilot’s license, she moved back east to teach in the DC public schools as a classroom speech improvement teacher. She later worked for the US Postal Service and the FAA, but she spent most of her working life as a bookkeeper for a variety of small businesses, keeping them on track financially as much as she could and holding them accountable when necessary. On October 14, 1966, Clare married her beloved husband, Walter Laurence Whitbeck in Arlington, VA. Together, they celebrated over 49 wonderful years of marriage, even if they both had trouble remembering the exact date. Clare enjoyed singing […]
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