E. Clark Starr

February 19, 2022

Elmon Clark Starr of Windsor, CO and Glastonbury, CT, died February 19, 2022. He was 89 years old and was born August. 26, 1932 in Columbus, Ohio to Elmon A. and Lela C. Starr. He is survived by his wife, Judith T. Hyfield-Starr, his three children, Kenneth Starr of Carefree, AZ; Cynthia Hufsmith and her husband Robert of Avon, CT; Jacqueline Kozlowski and her husband Stephen of Middletown, CT; four grandchildren, Heather Starr, Justin Hufsmith, Amy Kozlowski and Caitlin Kozlowski; and one great grandchild Tyler (Starr) Briggs. He graduated in 1952 from Kingswood School in West Hartford and the University of Hartford, Hartford Art School, in 1958 with a BFA degree. He joined Aetna Life & Casualty’s art department in 1959 and in 1960, moved to the Hartford Insurance Group where he was art director from 1960 to 1976. He then went into printing sales with the Graphic Center and Sweet Waverly Printing Co. until his retirement in 1998. He was a charter member of the Art Directors Club of Connecticut and a director of the Advertising Club of Greater Hartford. He was also a member of the Hartford Club of Printing House Craftsmen and a member of the Golf Club of Avon, CT. He married Mary Bolster in 1954 and had three children. In 1983 he married Judith T. Hyfield of Glastonbury, Ct. Together the couple has six children, eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. After retiring to Windsor, CO, he worked part-time at Pelican Lakes Golf Club in Water Valley, where he was also a member. He was a member of the Pelican Lakes Senior Golf League and the Northern Colorado Senior Golf Association. He is preceded in death by his mother and father and former wife Mary Starr Carpenter. In keeping with Clark’s wishes, services will be private.