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'''Phyllis Benkard "Lili" Clarke'''

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Daughter of [[Elsie Benkard]] and [[Charles H. Clarke]].

She married first Oct 23, 1958 to [[George L Ohrstrom Jr|George Lewis Ohrstrom Jr]], by whom she had a son [[Clarke Ohrstrom|Clarke]] born 1961.  An article in 1967 mentions that she is the "...the head of Sens Unique, a boutique that opens Monday on the third floor of Alexander's Manhattan store."

Her and George divorced and she next married [[Peter Townsend]] in New York on Dec 25, 1969.  She last appears as "Lili Townsend" in the New York Times on Apr 17, 1975.

== Primary documents ==
*<i>New York Times</i>, Sep 7, 1967 "The Spirit of the Clothes, Not the Fabric, Is What Counts
*<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times New York Times]</i>, [[LiliClarke1|Dec 25, 1969 "Mrs Lili C Ohrstrom Married to Peter Townsend, a Broker"]]
*<i>New York Times</i>, Apr 17, 1975 "Fashion Talk: For Day or Dinner &mdash; And Under $50"