Robert C. Clark

Robert C. Clark of Lebanon, New Hampshire, previously of West Hartford, Connecticut, died on January 24, 2021. He raged against the dying of the light until the age of 88. Bob was born in Athol, Massachusetts and was raised in Peterborough, New Hampshire, where his family lived through the Great Hurricane and Fire of 1938. Bob graduated in 1950 from Peterborough High School and in 1954 from Dartmouth College, where he rowed on the men's lightweight crew team, until it was discovered he didn't know how to swim. Upon graduation, he was enlisted in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Munich Germany, where, he often said, he kept the local beer halls safe from foreign invasion. Upon discharge, he worked in purchasing for Pratt & Whitney Aircraft in East Hartford, Connecticut and then for many years as a sales engineer for Power Draulics in Plainville, Connecticut. While working at Pratt, he met Irene Blake and they were married in 1960. Bob was an avid reader of history books, and, until their recent successes, a long-suffering Red Sox fan. He was known for his kindness, dignity, his wry sense of humor, and as a loyal friend. In his later years, he took great joy in his visits and conversations with his children and grandchildren. Bob was predeceased by his older sister Elizabeth Mae Clark and his companion Nancy. He is survived by his sons, John R. Clark of West Hartford, Connecticut, Robert B. Clark and his wife Laurie of Lebanon, New Hampshire, and their mother Irene B. Clark of West Hartford, Connecticut, his four grandchildren, William, Thomas, Daniel and Michaela, his younger sister Norma Farquhar and her husband Jack, and many nieces and nephews. Due to the pandemic, there will be no services at this time. An online guestbook is available at www.rickerfuneralhome.com.