Clarence H. Mather

Clarence H. Mather, age 81, died Thursday, August 15, at Mountainside Hospital in Montclair, NJ, after a brief illness. Clarence was an artist, by profession and by avocation, and participated in Studio Montclair and The Print Council of New Jersey for many years. He graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in Fine Arts, and completed a Fulbright Fellowship in Denmark following his college graduation. His working career, from 1955 to 1997, was as Art Director in textile design, and he worked for Rose Textile and Arlen Merchandizing in New York, NY. He was married to Barbara Brewton, a fellow artist, in 1955. Barbara died in 2009. Clarence was born in Wampsville, NY, and grew up on a dairy farm in Cazenovia, NY. He is survived by his brother Walt Mather of New Woodstock, NY and sister Martha Daggett of Cazenovia, NY; his children, Sarah Mather and husband Craig Falk of Rockville, MD, Anna and Chris Maloney of New York, NY, daughter-in-law Leslie Mather, wife of son John, who died in 2008, Carl and Mary Mather of Highlands Ranch, CO, Sam Mather of Brooklyn, NY, seven grandchildren and one great grandchild.