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Harry Leroy “Buster” McClure

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Harry Leroy “Buster” McClure Veteran

Birth
Walthill, Thurston County, Nebraska, USA
Death
5 Oct 1999 (aged 88)
Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.451775, Longitude: -96.3285444
Plot
Whispering Pines
Memorial ID
View Source
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
about Harry L McClure Name: Harry L McClure
Service Info.: US NAVY WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 24 Sep 1911
Death Date: 5 Oct 1999
Cemetery: Hall Mountment Company
Cemetery Address: 521 South Lewis Blvd Sioux City, IA 51106

Social Security Death Index
about Harry L. McClure Name: Harry L. McClure
Last Residence: 51109 Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, United States of America
Born: 24 Sep 1911
Died: 5 Oct 1999
State (Year) SSN issued: Iowa (Before 1951)

Married 18 April 1929

Father of
Jack Curtis - 11 January 1939
Mildred Ann [Tretsort] 29 February 1940
Robert Eugene - 20 November 1942 Sioux City, Iowa / 1973 Sioux city, Iowa [dau. Denise]
Patricia Lou "Pat" 23 July 1945 married 23 July 1963, Union, SD to Thomas R. "Tom" Eslick - 20 Jan. 1943, Sioux City / 21 March 2008, Sioux City. buried this cemeteryHarry "Spike" McClure 1911 - 1999

Harry "Spike" McClure, 88, of Sioux City died Tuesday, Oct. 5, 1999, in Sioux City following a lengthy illness.

Mr. McClure was born Sept. 24, 1911, in Walthill, Neb., the son of Aaron and Cordie (Hughes) McClure. He moved with his family to Wakonda, Okla., as a child. They returned to Walthill a few years later. He attended Ball School in rural Decatur, Neb. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

He married Anna Wedgewood. He was employed with Kaplan Wholesale Grocery Co. for 32 years, retiring in 1968. He was then employed with Dorman Construction, retiring in 1979.

He was a member of Riverside United Methodist Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7690 in North Sioux City, where he was a past commander, and Tri-State Ceramic Association. He served as head umpire and groundskeeper of Westside Little League for 17 years. He enjoyed fishing, auto racing and hunting.

Survivors include his wife; a son and his wife, Jack and Marie of Sioux City; two daughters and their husbands, Mildred and Ron Tietsort of Rockford, Ill., and Pat and Tom Eslick of Sioux City; 12 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two sons, Bob and Dick; a foster son, Terry Welchel; four sisters and a great-grandchild.


U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
about Harry L McClure Name: Harry L McClure
Service Info.: US NAVY WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 24 Sep 1911
Death Date: 5 Oct 1999
Cemetery: Hall Mountment Company
Cemetery Address: 521 South Lewis Blvd Sioux City, IA 51106

Social Security Death Index
about Harry L. McClure Name: Harry L. McClure
Last Residence: 51109 Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, United States of America
Born: 24 Sep 1911
Died: 5 Oct 1999
State (Year) SSN issued: Iowa (Before 1951)

Married 18 April 1929

Father of
Jack Curtis - 11 January 1939
Mildred Ann [Tretsort] 29 February 1940
Robert Eugene - 20 November 1942 Sioux City, Iowa / 1973 Sioux city, Iowa [dau. Denise]
Patricia Lou "Pat" 23 July 1945 married 23 July 1963, Union, SD to Thomas R. "Tom" Eslick - 20 Jan. 1943, Sioux City / 21 March 2008, Sioux City. buried this cemeteryHarry "Spike" McClure 1911 - 1999

Harry "Spike" McClure, 88, of Sioux City died Tuesday, Oct. 5, 1999, in Sioux City following a lengthy illness.

Mr. McClure was born Sept. 24, 1911, in Walthill, Neb., the son of Aaron and Cordie (Hughes) McClure. He moved with his family to Wakonda, Okla., as a child. They returned to Walthill a few years later. He attended Ball School in rural Decatur, Neb. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

He married Anna Wedgewood. He was employed with Kaplan Wholesale Grocery Co. for 32 years, retiring in 1968. He was then employed with Dorman Construction, retiring in 1979.

He was a member of Riverside United Methodist Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7690 in North Sioux City, where he was a past commander, and Tri-State Ceramic Association. He served as head umpire and groundskeeper of Westside Little League for 17 years. He enjoyed fishing, auto racing and hunting.

Survivors include his wife; a son and his wife, Jack and Marie of Sioux City; two daughters and their husbands, Mildred and Ron Tietsort of Rockford, Ill., and Pat and Tom Eslick of Sioux City; 12 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two sons, Bob and Dick; a foster son, Terry Welchel; four sisters and a great-grandchild.




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