Sara Moylan Clarke Schack

Sara Moylan Clarke Schack, widow of Dr. Jerome Arthur Schack, died in Charleston, South Carolina, on 17 September 2026 at the age of 93. Her graveside funeral service was set for Live Oak Cemetery in Walterboro, South Carolina, on 23 September 2026 at noon.

She was born on 16 May 1933 in Wilmington, North Carolina, to John Carroll Moylan and Geneva Mathews Moylan. Raised in Walterboro, she graduated from high school there before attending Marjorie Webster College in Washington, D.C. She taught at The Birch Wathen School in Manhattan. The late Reverend Philip A.C. Clarke was the father of her four children. As a pastor's wife and an active member of Park Avenue United Methodist Church for more than thirty years, she was an integral part of the church's life and activities.

She married Jerome Schack in 1985. Jerome and Sara spent many happy years between Manhattan, Hilton Head and Charleston. After Jerome's death she spent most of her time in Charleston to be near her family. She will be remembered for her legendary quick wit, wonderful sense of humor, and the fun and laughter she brought wherever she went. Above all she loved her family deeply; her children and grandchildren were a great source of love, pride and happiness.

In addition to her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by her daughter Catherine Moylan Clarke and her sons David Cadman Clarke (Susan) and Jonathan Clarke. She is survived by her daughter Caroline Mathews Chakeris (John); grandchildren Sara Chakeris, John Chakeris, Emma Clarke, Mathew Clarke and John Clarke; numerous nieces and nephews; close friends Louise "Alice" Dandy and Sylvia Wine; and her beloved dog Bunny. The family thanked the staff of Bishop Gadsden Episcopal Retirement Community for their care. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Charleston Animal Society. Arrangements were by J. Henry Stuhr Funeral Chapel on Calhoun Street in Charleston.

This memorial draws on the J. Henry Stuhr family obituary published for Sara Moylan Clarke Schack. It records the verified dates, education, church life, marriages and survivors from that notice without inventing further public roles beyond the teaching, church and family life the family itself described.