- Date Of Birth: December 24, 1912
- Date Of Death: January 24, 2009
- State: Pennsylvania
Ralph S. “Toot” Clinger, Jr., 96, of 924 First Avenue, died Saturday, January 24, 2009 at the Williamsport Home.
Ralph’s wife of 68 years, Elizabeth Mallinson Clinger, predeceased him on May 14, 2002.
Ralph graduated from Williamsport High School in 1930 and attended Carnegie Technical Institute from 1930-1933.
Ralph owned Clinger Adjustment Bureau for over 40 years and was a member of the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Insurance Adjustors. He adjusted claims throughout central Pennsylvania and occasionally for national hurricane disaster areas.
Ralph was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church and served on its vestry. He loved the outdoors, hunting, fishing, bird watching, skiing and canoeing. He was a member of the Boy Scouts of America and an Eagle Scout, a member of the Susquehanna Canoe Club, a leader of the local Mariner Girl Scout Troop, a member of the National Ski Patrol volunteering at the Highland Ski Area, and a former member of the Williamsport Country Club where he once shot a hole in one.
Ralph was an accomplished amateur photographer whose slide shows were admired by all. He attended classes in watercolor painting, did crossword puzzles daily and was an excellent bridge player into his nineties.
Born December 24, 1912 in Williamsport, he was the son of Ralph S. and Mary Veil Clinger.
Surviving are daughters, Ann Pfleegor of Picture Rocks; Susan (Robert) Mayer of Boston, MA; Mary (Robert) Herzenberg of South Williamsport and Alice (Douglas) Fleer of Greensboro, VT; nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Ralph was also predeceased by his first born daughter, Marion Mallinson Fisher and sisters, Mary Tupper, Helen Tupper and Jane Krause.
