Richard Steven Clark

Dick was born on March 31, 1954 at Bristol Hospital. He was the son of the late Walter and Grace (Bennett) Clark. He was also predeceased by his brother Ronald Imfeld.

He is survived by his wife, Lucy Cocozza-Clark and children; Jessica and Christopher Clark, as well as his granddaughter Laural Clark and his 'bonus son', Justin Myjak. He is also survived by his siblings JoAnn Snow and her husband Dwain, and their children Eric Marin and his wife Jackie, and Serena and Kyle Snow, as well as and his brother Walter. He is remembered fondly by his in-laws, Frank and Lucille Cocozza, Frank Cocozza and wife Renata and Raymond Cocozza and his wife Alba.

Dick was the President of The Laurel Wire Co. He started the business in 1983 out of his garage on Laurel Street and expanded the business to its current location on Townline Road in the late 1980's. He leaves behind his Laurel Wire family, past and present. Kelly, Jackie, Brian, Sara, Jim, and Shane said he was the best boss in the world (and he was!). He will be greatly missed. He also leaves behind his very dear friends Cax Yuen and Ray Gasperini. Everyone who knew Dick knew what a unique and special man he was. He was the type of man who would give you the shirt off his back, and he touched the hearts of many throughout his lifetime. Dick loved SCCA, Formula Vee racing (past champion #25). He was so proud that his son Chris followed in his footsteps in car #28. He was also extremely proud of the mother his daughter, Jessica has become. His granddaughter, Laural (BooBoo) was and always will be the light of his life! He found much joy in hiking with his wife Lucy and he was a member of the Mt. Washington Observatory. He was an avid news junkie, loving nothing more than tuning into MSNBC so he could mute 'Mika'. He was also a faithful follower of the Drudge Report (probably Matt Drudge's first and biggest fan) as well as a regular poster on FreeRepublic.com (the black helicopters didn't get him!). He was also a faithful subscriber of the Wall Street Journal, reading it every day. He was fond of proving Al Gore's theory of global warming to be incorrect (shout out to the Canadian Scientists, eh!). He was a huge New England Patriots fan and had hopes to see them win another Super Bowl in 2012.

Dick was very involved in both local and national Republican politics. He worked on Pauline Kezer's campaign in 1995 and ran for State Senate in 1996. He was past chairman of the Plainville Board of Education, and was also an active member of the Plainville Republican Town Committee.

He was a member of St. Thomas Church in Southington.

He was also a huge supporter of the Plainville Food Pantry. Being the caring, generous person he was, Dick wished that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Plainville Food Pantry or your local food bank.

The Funeral will be held on Monday at 9:15 a.m. from the DellaVecchia Funeral Home, 211 N. Main St. to St. Thomas Church at 10 a.m. Burial will be at St. Thomas Cemetery. Calling hours will be on Sunday from 3-6 p.m.

Donations may be made in his memory to the Plainville Food Pantry, 54 South Canal St. Plainville, CT 06062.