Clarence Cochran Obituary

Clarence Carter Cochran, known as Carter, 90 years old, of Edgewater, Maryland, died peacefully at home from renal failure on the 23rd of June. He was born in 1932 in Buffalo, Wyoming to Clarence Carter Cochran and Ethel Thayer Cochran. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Commerce and Technology from the University of Wyoming in 1954. He served in the U.S. Army as a Specialist 3 during the Occupation of Germany. With the G.I. Bill he studied for his teacher's certificate at Wyoming. He had a career in the U.S. Soil Conservation Service, first as an Administrative Trainee in Salt Lake City, then serving in Burlington, Vermont as Administrative Assistant. He went to San Juan, Puerto Rico as Administrative Officer for the Caribbean Area. He was promoted to go to Washington, D.C. where he served with distinction in the Soil Conservation Service administration. As a youth, Carter worked for his father in his house building business. He got pleasure from riding and caring for his horse, Reno, from the Red Desert. Carter enjoyed coaching his son's and daughter's sports teams for several years. In retirement Carter developed an organic mushroom-growing business, producing shiitake mushrooms for sale to restaurants and farmers' markets. Carter was known for his genial disposition and quiet humor. He was a member of Kiwanis International and played cards every week with a neighborhood group. Carter is survived by his wife, Susan Wakefield Cochran; son, Clarence Carter Cochran, Jr; daughter, Elizabeth Anne Mararac, son-in-law, Jose Mararac, five grandchildren: Mary E. Berard Miller (John) of Arnold, MD, William B. Berard, III of New Orleans, LA, James C. Berard (Amelia Hough) of Annapolis, MD, John M. Berard of Davidsonville, MD, Ava E. Mararac, of Davidsonville, MD, and three great grandchildren: John Carter Miller and Luke David Miller and James Claiborne Berard, Jr. Also a brother James Cochran of Laramie, Wyoming; nieces, Penny Saunders and Nancy Sanchez and grandnieces and grandnephews. He is predeceased by his brother John Cochran. Burial arrangements will be private. Donations in Carter's memory may be made to Gilchrist Hospice gilchristcares.org/donations or Kiwanis https://www.kiwanis.org/childrens-fund/give/online-donation-form.