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The family of a longtime Hays businessman is having a celebration of life for him on Thursday.
Friends and acquaintances of Russ Clark are invited to attend a casual reception from 9 a.m. to noon at the Strand, 1102 Main.
Clark's family decided the Strand was a fitting location because he opened The Village Shop in that location with Don Volker in 1963.
Clark worked at his business for 27 years before retiring in 1990.
He died in December of 2020 at the age of 96 years. Because that was in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, his family decided to wait until a later time for people to gather safely in his honor.