Patrick William Clancey died at his home in Lafayette, Colorado. Pat was the second of three children of Margaret (Jackman) and James Gordon Clancey. He married Laura Lake (who survives him) in 1973; he and Laura had a son Ryan Patrick Clancey.
Pat received an honorable discharge from the U.S. Marine Corps and then attended Wayne State University in Detroit and became a computer programmer; he worked most recently for Sun Microsystems. He also worked for SLAC at Stanford University as a webmaster. He had very wide interests and a variety of hobbies. For his aquarium, he collected corrals and anemones and other reef dwellers; he also grew wildflowers; and he created things in his wood shop, many of them useful for his collections. He loved to camp near the river in Californi'a Arroyo Seco State Park; he hiked the Grand Canyon; he traveled to New Zealand and very much loved its scenery. Pat read a great deal and covered a huge range of subjects, spy thrillers to science fiction to biographies. He loved to read about Native American history.
His life's work was HyperWar (http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/ ), largest online collection of World War II documents in existence. Collaborators will continue the work of digitizing and cataloging the huge archive of government documents.
Survivors besides his son Ryan include his sister, Sharon (Clancey) Kriewall (Art Kriewall), and eight nieces and nephews; there are nine great nieces and nephews and one great-great niece. His parents and his sister Colleen (Clancey) Pigeon preceded him in death.
Memorial service was March 3, 2012, in Lafayette. A wake at the Old Louisville Inn in Louisville followed.
Pat received an honorable discharge from the U.S. Marine Corps and then attended Wayne State University in Detroit and became a computer programmer; he worked most recently for Sun Microsystems. He also worked for SLAC at Stanford University as a webmaster. He had very wide interests and a variety of hobbies. For his aquarium, he collected corrals and anemones and other reef dwellers; he also grew wildflowers; and he created things in his wood shop, many of them useful for his collections. He loved to camp near the river in Californi'a Arroyo Seco State Park; he hiked the Grand Canyon; he traveled to New Zealand and very much loved its scenery. Pat read a great deal and covered a huge range of subjects, spy thrillers to science fiction to biographies. He loved to read about Native American history.
His life's work was HyperWar (http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/ ), largest online collection of World War II documents in existence. Collaborators will continue the work of digitizing and cataloging the huge archive of government documents.
Survivors besides his son Ryan include his sister, Sharon (Clancey) Kriewall (Art Kriewall), and eight nieces and nephews; there are nine great nieces and nephews and one great-great niece. His parents and his sister Colleen (Clancey) Pigeon preceded him in death.
Memorial service was March 3, 2012, in Lafayette. A wake at the Old Louisville Inn in Louisville followed.
Patrick William Clancey died at his home in Lafayette, Colorado. Pat was the second of three children of Margaret (Jackman) and James Gordon Clancey. He married Laura Lake (who survives him) in 1973; he and Laura had a son Ryan Patrick Clancey.
Pat received an honorable discharge from the U.S. Marine Corps and then attended Wayne State University in Detroit and became a computer programmer; he worked most recently for Sun Microsystems. He also worked for SLAC at Stanford University as a webmaster. He had very wide interests and a variety of hobbies. For his aquarium, he collected corrals and anemones and other reef dwellers; he also grew wildflowers; and he created things in his wood shop, many of them useful for his collections. He loved to camp near the river in Californi'a Arroyo Seco State Park; he hiked the Grand Canyon; he traveled to New Zealand and very much loved its scenery. Pat read a great deal and covered a huge range of subjects, spy thrillers to science fiction to biographies. He loved to read about Native American history.
His life's work was HyperWar (http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/ ), largest online collection of World War II documents in existence. Collaborators will continue the work of digitizing and cataloging the huge archive of government documents.
Survivors besides his son Ryan include his sister, Sharon (Clancey) Kriewall (Art Kriewall), and eight nieces and nephews; there are nine great nieces and nephews and one great-great niece. His parents and his sister Colleen (Clancey) Pigeon preceded him in death.
Memorial service was March 3, 2012, in Lafayette. A wake at the Old Louisville Inn in Louisville followed.
Pat received an honorable discharge from the U.S. Marine Corps and then attended Wayne State University in Detroit and became a computer programmer; he worked most recently for Sun Microsystems. He also worked for SLAC at Stanford University as a webmaster. He had very wide interests and a variety of hobbies. For his aquarium, he collected corrals and anemones and other reef dwellers; he also grew wildflowers; and he created things in his wood shop, many of them useful for his collections. He loved to camp near the river in Californi'a Arroyo Seco State Park; he hiked the Grand Canyon; he traveled to New Zealand and very much loved its scenery. Pat read a great deal and covered a huge range of subjects, spy thrillers to science fiction to biographies. He loved to read about Native American history.
His life's work was HyperWar (http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/ ), largest online collection of World War II documents in existence. Collaborators will continue the work of digitizing and cataloging the huge archive of government documents.
Survivors besides his son Ryan include his sister, Sharon (Clancey) Kriewall (Art Kriewall), and eight nieces and nephews; there are nine great nieces and nephews and one great-great niece. His parents and his sister Colleen (Clancey) Pigeon preceded him in death.
Memorial service was March 3, 2012, in Lafayette. A wake at the Old Louisville Inn in Louisville followed.
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