Billy Ray Clark

1928 - 2014

died May 10, 2014 in Denver, Colorado. He is preceded in death by his wife of 59 years, Elsie Helen Torgerson Clark; his mother Cora Crabtree Clark and his father William Edgar Clark. Born in Little Falls, Minnesota, he was a 1946 graduate of Bemidji High School and, following service in the United States Navy, graduated from Bemidji State Teacher's College in 1953. He started his career in insurance and surety bonding with Travelers Insurance Co. in Minneapolis, Minn., transferring to Denver, Colo. to lead the Travelers' bond department in 1958. In 1962, he joined Talbert Corp. in Denver and rose to the ranks of President Emeritus, leaving to found his own firm, Bill Clark + Associates, and later affiliated with International Risk Group in Littleton, Colo. Bill Clark is survived by four daughters, seven grandchildren and a great grandson including: Nancy Clark and her children Shaun Cameron Clark; Jarod Leigh Clark and wife Holly Bluml Clark and their son Otto Bon Hayden Clark of Denver; Dr. Kathryn Clark and her husband Chris Kocher and sons Gregory Clark Kocher and Geoffrey Tucker Kocher of San Francisco; Julie Clark-Pfeiffer and her husband Jon Pfeiffer and sons Michael Clark Pfeiffer and Jackson Ray Pfeiffer of Malibu; and Janice Renée Clark Goldwasser and her husband Joseph Goldwasser and daughter Sophia Renée Goldwasser of Atlanta. A Memorial will be held Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at 12:30 p.m. at Horan McConaty Chapel, 1091 S. Colorado Blvd., followed by private burial at Ft. Logan National Cemetery.