Virginia A. 'Ginny' Clark

QUEENSBURY -- Virginia A. "Ginny" Clark, 67, of Queensbury, passed away on Friday, Feb. 26, 2010, at her home.

Born on Dec. 13, 1942, in Montclair, N.J., she was the daughter of the late Robert C. and Anne (Romaine) Clark.

Ginny grew up in Upper Montclair, N.J., and graduated from Montclair High School. All through secondary school, Ginny was active in Girl Scouts and attained the rank of Curved Bar and the highest rank of Helmsman in Senior Mariner Scouting. She then went on to graduate from Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vt., and also Katherine Gibbs in Montclair. Since graduation, she has lived in this area except for one year when she worked on Wall Street in New York. Wall Street was a wonderful experience but spending 3-1/2 hours everyday commuting and coming to Lake George weekends was too much, so in 1969, she and her mother purchased a home and moved to Queensbury.

While in college, Ginny worked summers at Fort William Henry and then started her working career at the Glens Falls Insurance Company in the Investment Department. In 1969, she went to work for First National Bank of Glens Falls as a management trainee. For the next 15 years, she worked in the branch division of the bank in various positions and in 1985 moved to the trust department. In 1998, she resigned from Evergreen Bank (now TD Bank) and went to work for the Troy Savings Bank and established a branch of their Trust Department in Queensbury. In April 2001, she had an opportunity to join The Adirondack Trust Company as Vice President and Trust Officer in their new Glens Falls Office. She retired from ATC in December 2007.

For many years she had been a member of the New York Bankers Association Trust and Estate Training Committee with many new Trust Officers receiving the benefit of her experience.

Ginny was very active in community organizations, including past president of the Glens Falls Operetta Club (now the GF Community Theatre), past president of the Zonta Club of Glens Falls, past president of the Glens Falls Home, and past president of the Glens Falls Hospital Guild. She was a Charter member of the Board of Directors of The Glen at Hiland Meadows.

Ginny spent all of her vacations since her early childhood either on Lake George or Lake Champlain and the past 44 summers at her camp on Dunham's Bay, Lake George. Ginny loved animals of all kinds, especially dogs, and raised three Springer Spaniels.

Ginny is survived by many dear friends that she loved.

A gathering of friends will be held on Friday, March 5 from 4 to 7 p.m. with a memorial service at 7 p.m. at the Carleton Funeral Home, Inc., 68 Main St., in Hudson Falls.

Ginny will be laid to rest in the family plot in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in North Newark, N.J.

It is suggested that memorial donations in her memory be made to the charity of one's choice.