CLARA L. DEBOER Ever since joining First Congregational Church in March of 1967, Clara DeBoer has made herself known to us by her dedication to the Christian principle of caring for others as exemplified by her service both in this parish and also at the municipal and county levels of the Church Universal. Whether working among the church's archives or providing able leadership for both the Woman's Guild and Church Women United, she has given of herself in a most generous and unassuming manner. Clara, the mother of three (John, Catherine, and David) graduated Phi Beta Kappa and first in her class from the University of Vermont after David, her youngest child, was seven years old. She next earned a PhD from Rutgers University in American History (her dissertation being on Black History). She has since taught at Montclair State, Kean College and Rutgers. Serving as the archivist since ...
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