Thomas Joseph Clark

Thomas Joseph Clark obituary, Concord, MA

Thomas Joseph Clark

Thomas Clark Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Dee Funeral Home & Cremation Service - Concord on Dec. 6, 2024.

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Thomas Joseph Clark, 67, of Lunenburg, formerly of Concord, died peacefully on Thursday November 28, 2024 in Lunenburg, MA.
Born in Hoboken, New Jersey on April 19, 1957, he was the son of the late Harry R. Clark and Jane F. (Moran) Clark. He attended schools in New Jersey, Virginia and Massachusetts.
At Concord Carlisle high school Tom excelled in academics and was vice president of his class's national honor society. Tom was the captain of the cross-country team, along with the Indoor Track Team and Spring Track Team at CCHS and was the 2nd fastest runner in Massachusetts. Tom graduated from CCHS in 1975 and was awarded the school flag award for academics and athletics. Tom was accepted to study at MIT and received a Track scholarship.
He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. While attending MIT he had the opportunity to work as a Bio-Mechanics researcher doing research and design on artificial knees and hips, along with knee, hip and neck braces.
In his career, he worked in many technology areas including medical, plastics, defense and electronics, applying his mechanical design and engineering skills. He also had a penchant for inventing and worked on several patents.
Survivors include his siblings, Harry R. Clark, Jr. of Townsend, Jane Cullinane and her husband Chris of Palmyra, VA, Michael Clark and his wife Cathy of Lunenburg, Joseph Clark and his wife Kim of Virginia Beach, VA, and Judith LaRocca and her husband Peter of Concord, his nieces and nephews, Katherine Clark, Elizabeth Clark and fiancé Ben, Zachary Clark, Caleb Cullinane, Wesley Cullinane, Kara Clark-Hamar and her husband James, Jillian O'Brien and her husband Deven, Michael Clark Jr, Daniel Clark and his wife Clare, Stephen Clark and his wife Melissa, Ava LaRocca, and Mia LaRocca. Great nieces and nephews Madison, Mason, Eleni, Miles, Beckett, Henry, Louisa, Daphne and many cousins.
Family and friends are invited to gather for a period of visitation on Saturday, April 26, 2025 from 11 am to 12 pm in the Dee Funeral Home, 27 Bedford Street, Concord Center, followed by interment at St. Bernard's Cemetery.
Contributions in his memory may be made to the American Heart Association.
Arrangements are entrusted to Dee Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Concord.

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