Funeral Services Held for U.S. Army Capt. Who Died During Skype Conversation

3:23 PM, May 15, 2012   |    comments
Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark is shown with his wife, Susan Orellana-Clark, and daughters Camille (left) and Catherine. / Provided by Mariana Barry
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The funeral service for Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark, who died in southern Afghanistan after collapsing during a Skype video chat with his wife, was held Tuesday at St. Mary's Church in Rochester.

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Clark was born in Michigan, which is where he met his wife, Susan Orellana-Clark. They married in 1999, and moved to Spencerport, Orellana-Clark's hometown, in 2000. There, they had two daughters, who are now ages 3 and 9.


Orellana-Clark was in Texas video chatting with her husband on April 30 when he collapsed suddenly.


For a time, Clark's family believed that he'd been shot, due to the way he fell forward and what they thought was a bullet hole in the closet behind him. Army Criminal Investigation Command has since said that was not the case; that Clark's body had no trauma beyond minor scrapes and a possible broken nose, which was likely suffered when he fell forward.


An investigation into the cause of his death is continuing.

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle