Clarice E. Everett
Clarice E. Everett, a longtime resident of Westhampton, died at the Westhampton Care Center on September 1, with her daughters by her side. She was 81.
Ms. Everett was born on July 4, 1930, in Tarrytown. She met and married William R. Everett Sr. on April 24, 1951, and they had 59 years together until Mr. Everett’s death in 2010. In 2003, the couple moved from Westhampton to Rapid City, South Dakota. While in South Dakota, she was an active member of the First United Methodist Church of Rapid City. Once her husband died, she returned to Westhampton.
Ms. Everett taught vacation Bible school every summer and was the choir director at the Westhampton Methodist Church. Every Christmas, she would play a cantata for the whole congregation—she was an accomplished pianist who taught many Westhampton youths, not only how to play but how to have a true appreciation for it, said her family.
Out of all her accomplishments in life, there is one that she held high above the rest—the gift of being a mother. She had five children and is survived by them all: William R. Everett Jr. of North Carolina, Mark and his wife Nadine Everett of South Dakota, Dorothy E. Shary and her husband Christopher of Florida, Faith B. Jayne and her husband Bret of Remsenburg, and Grace K. Mulholland and her husband John of Westhampton Beach; 14 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
The family held a memorial service at Westhampton United Methodist Church on Sunday, September 4.
on Sep 6, 2011