RANDALL N. CLARK

UNION and HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Randall N. Clark, 82, passed away Dec. 7, 2010, with his family at his side, from complications of congestive heart failure at MaineGeneral Hospital, Augusta. Randall was born Jan. 27, 1928, in Union, son of Bryan M. and Charlotte Simpson Clark. Randall attended local schools and was self-taught in many areas, such as engineering. Randall continued to learn new things all though his life. Randall served in the U.S. 8th Army during the post-war occupation of Japan, 1946-1947. He was stationed at Sugamo Prison, which was six miles northwest of Tokyo, and transported the infamous war criminal, General Tojo, prime minister of Japan from 1941 to 1944, to International Military Tribunal for the far east. Mrs. Iva Toguri d’Aquino, a Japanese American, was also held at this prison. She was known as “Orphan Ann” and “Tokyo Rose.” While at the prison, Randall also helped build a football field for our soldiers. He returned in 1960 to Union to take over the family business, B.M. Clark Co., Inc., which was started by his father in 1924. Randall increased and expanded the business with new products and new territories. Randall sold a large number of bulk feed trailers to Libya before the relationship between Libya and the U.S. became strained. Randall was still somewhat active in the business at the time of his death. Randall was always a lover of animals, taking in strays at his home and business. At his death, he had two cats, Sophia and Wee Willey; and a dog, Jake. They gave him much enjoyment and comfort. He loved to take Jake for a ride on his golf cart. Randall and Jake used to ride all throughout the community in Florida stopping to talk with friends, both Randall’s friends and Jake’s friends. Randall and Suzanne enjoyed many winters in Florida with a group of very special friends. They all had many adventures, such as kayaking, parasailing, boating, fishing and a day in the Everglades with a wonderful guide, just to name a few. Randall was a 32nd degree Mason. He belonged to Kora Shrine, Valley of Portland Masonic Temple, St. George Lodge No. 16 and Valley of Rockland. Randall was predeceased by his parents; previous wives, Priscilla Alden Clark and Jeanette Clark; brothers, Ivan Clark of California and Jerry Clark of Watertown, Mass.; stepdaughter, Kristen Arlene Caponigro of Meriden, Conn.; and father-in-law and mother-in-law, Irving and Ethelyn Willey of Union. Survivors include his wife, Suzanne Willey Clark; children, Deborah Kemp and her husband, Don, of Union, Steven Clark and his wife, Susi, of Union, and Michael Clark and his wife, Toni, of Appleton; stepson, Robert Rebstock Jr. of Meriden, Conn.; grandchildren, Esther Lane and her husband, Keith, of Warren, Benjamin, Brady and Elisa Mae Clark of Appleton, Jaime Gleason of Portland, Allesandra and Zachary Caponigro of Plainville, Conn., and Nicholas Rodriquez of Plainville, Conn.; great-grandchildren, Kylie and Acadia Lane of Warren; in-laws, Violet Clark of Watertown, Conn., Everett Willey of Windham, Wendall Willey of Long Beach, Calif., Eleanor Buxton of St. George and Marcia Soule of Union; and stepson-in-law, Paul Caponigro of Plainville, Conn. A celebration of Randall’s life will be held 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10, at Hall Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 949 Main St., Waldoboro. Burial will be at Clark Cemetery, Route 105, Appleton. A reception will be afterward at Union Masonic Lodge, Sennebec Road, Union. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Randall’s memory to Camden-Rockport Animal Rescue League, 146 Camden St., Rockport, ME 04856 or Make-A-Wish Foundation of Maine, 87 Elm St., Camden, ME 04843. You’re invited to share your condolences, memories and photos with the Clark family by visiting their book of memories at www.hallfuneralhomes.com.