Pamela Jane McDonald

March 17, 1944 - January 6, 2018

Pamela Jane Clark McDonald, died on January 6th in her home surrounded by her family. She was born at 3:30 AM on Friday March 17,1944, in Chicago, Illinois to Harold John Clark and Helen Jane Weber. She was the second oldest and first daughter of five children raised in North Hollywood, California. She married Nathaniel Frederick McDonald on May 1, 1965 at St. Jane Frances church in North Hollywood, California. She raised three children in California, Washington and Utah. She graduated from Providence High School in 1962 where she was a fun loving, charismatic student who developed her artistic talents. She was delighted to attend her 50th high school reunion in 2012. Pam loved to travel to the beach to visit her sisters and nieces in California and enjoyed her travels to Hawaii. She loved to read, bowl and play card games with family and friends; loved the Yo-Yo and was exceptional at “Walking the Dog” and “Rocking the Cradle” she entered and won many Yo-Yo competitions in her youth in Southern California. Pam also enjoyed going to the movies and dinner with friends. Pam was a loving mother and grandmother. She was always very active in her children’s and grandchildren’s lives running them from school, to sports practice and school performances and home to enjoy some fresh baked creations. She was a wonderful cook and baker and passed on her talents and love of baking to her children, nieces and grandchildren. She was an extremely loving, caring and generous person with a very big heart. Always seeing the positive in people and jumped at the opportunity to help people in need. When she first moved to Utah she was very active in the Catholic Women’s League and helped to establish the Saint Therese Catholic Church food bank to help families. Pam worked as a store manager at 7-Eleven and Maverick Convenience store, and most recently as a retail clerk at Smith’s Marketplace where she made many lifelong friends. Pam bravely battled lung cancer for over four years, defying the oncologist’s prognosis and amazing her hospice care team for the past two years. Her children would like to thank her caring team from CNS hospice services for the care they have given her, especially her nurse Susan Lowe who always went above and beyond the call of duty. She was well loved and will be dearly missed but the legacy of her love lives in our hearts. Survived by her three children and nine grandchildren. Daughter, Linda Jane and Steve Shuman (husband) Austin, Whitney, Zachary and Tessa. Son, Chad Nathaniel and Nikki McDonald(wife) Erika, Shaye, Alex, Sarah and Murron and son, Jason Clark McDonald and Tiffany Su. Brother Ralph Clark, sisters Patricia Hayes, Ollie Housman, nieces and great nephews, and many good friends. A celebration of life service is being held at Saint Therese Catholic Church 7832 Allen Street Midvale, Utah on Thursday January 10th at 3:00 PM. Thanks to all Pam’s friends who came to visit her when she was sick and chauffeured her to hair, dentist and doctor’s appointments; dinners and the movies. Special thanks to Adele Atwood, Elaine Crandall, Mati Gillispie and Triff Liebner. Please share your memories and condolences. In lieu of flowers please donate to St Jude’s Children’s Research hospital https://www.stjude.org/donate in her name.