Bruce Clark was born Feb. 5, 1959, in Miami, and died Saturday, April 18, in Tyler, Texas, of a cardiac arrest after being hospitalized for treatment of complications of long-standing diabetes.

He married his wife, Eliza, on Feb. 29, 2004.

He is survived by his wife: Eliza; son: STephen (Elda) Buhler; and granddaughter: Stella, Cebu, Philippines; his parents: Jack and Carol Clark, Syracuse; brother: David Clark; two sisters: Cathy (Tom) Turner; Susan (John) Munson; half-sister: Stephanie (Mike) Barnwell; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his birth mother: Marsha Borton Shaw.

Bruce was a graduate of Wawasee High School.

As a youth he enjoyed water sports, camping, back packing, biking, playing the guitar and played the saxophone in the high school swing band. He went to Europe with Sounds of Hope on one of their tours. He was active in Boy Scouting serving as the Boatswain (president) of his Sea Explorer Scout Ship. His work history centered on electronics and computer.

He was employed by Rodger’s Electronics in Syracuse wiring electronic circuit boards, Essex wire making electronic harnesses, worked in the audiovisual department of IVY Tech College in Ft. Wayne. He did computer programming devising a payroll system before they were commercially available, a system to register students for their classes at Ft. Wayne IVY Tech.

He later was the head of the IVY Tech data systems keeping the computers running for the staff and professors. He also taught basic programming and introduction to computers at the Warsaw, Indiana IVY Tech campus where he would spend time giving free tutoring to students struggling with the courses. Later he was manager of information services for Heckman Book Bindery of North Manchester. He worked for Lincoln Life in Fort Wayne giving computer advice to agents in the field. While there, additional schooling led to certification as a Certified Novell Network Administrator. At the time of his disability retirement he was working for Verizon.

Adult hobbies included hunting and target shooting, Ham Radio, building his own repeater and serving coordinator of emergency calls for the Sherriff’s Department in Fort Wayne, and as the Indiana state director of the US Air Force Military Affiliate Radio Service (MARS) program. In this program, he conveyed information for the Armed Forces to their families and conducted military exercises to prepare for emergency support as needed. Other interests included raising salt water tropical fish, boating, travel, and time spent with family.

Memorial Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church.