Clarence Hogeterp was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend. He left this world suddenly on June 3 at age 76. Clarence was born in the Friesland province of the Netherlands to John and Patricia Hogeterp May 21, 1946. As a toddler he immigrated to Ontario, Canada with his family. After graduating from high school, Clarence attended Calvin College and earned a degree in English. Clarence met Pati, his wife of almost 53 years when he dialed a wrong phone number and she picked up the phone. They connected in that moment and spent a beautiful lifetime together raising three children. He had a deep love for his siblings, children, their spouses, and his seven grandchildren. As a Pake he was a playful, loving, man of faith who gave the biggest hugs, and saw the specialness of each of his grandchildren. Clarence spent his career listening, encouraging, teaching, and advising, first in his insurance and financial planning career and later in his dream job as the owner of Redux Books. In addition to his love of books he loved hiking, camping, and biking and he created years of memories outdoors with family and friends. When you met Clarence you felt his attention, care, and love. He asked questions, listened, and if you wanted, he gave wonderful advice. Clarence shared his wisdom of the thousands of books he had read and owned, he might tell you a story about hiking rim to rim in "the big ditch", or you might be lucky enough to hear one of his charming jokes. His sense of humor and ability to play with words could delight or ignite a feeling of, as Clarence would say, "sa·cré bleu"! Clarence was preceded in death by his parents, John and Patricia Hogeterp, siblings, Henry, Martha, and Siebe, and his granddaughter, Anneke. He leaves behind his wife Pati, his children, Kevin (Melanie), Kristin, and Joshua (Jessie), grandchildren Jared, Caleb, Tatiana, Nathan, Rowen, and Winnie as well as his siblings Peter, Rose, and Hazel, sister-in-law Michelle (Tom) and many nieces, nephews and treasured friends. You can join his family in celebrating Clarence's life and legacy during his memorial service this Saturday, June 11 at 2:00pm at Eastern Avenue CRC, 514 Eastern Ave SE, Grand Rapids. Visitation, also at Eastern Avenue CRC, will be on Friday, June 10 from 5-7pm and on Saturday before the service, 1:00-1:45pm. In lieu of flowers please consider a gift to World Renew; 8970 Byron Commerce Dr SW, Byron Center, MI 49315. Family and friends may view a livestream of the service at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/c/EasternAvenueCRC