H.F. Clare

ORAN, Mo. -- H.F. "Jim" Clare, 90, of Oran died Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004, at his home.

He was born Sept. 16, 1913, in Montgomery City, Mo., son of John Sallee and Julia Augusta See Clare. He and Hazel Phillips were married March 23, 1935. She died Sept. 11, 1975. He later married Mary Elizabeth McElyea Sept. 15, 1980.

Mr. Clare worked for the Corps of Engineers in Texas from 1937 to 1946. He later was a self-employed farmer at Oran, retiring in 1979.

Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Pat Nelson of Elkins, W.Va., Linda Maxwell of Auburn, Kan.; three stepsons, Charles McElyea of Camdenton, Mo., Robert and Paul McElyea of St. Louis; a stepdaughter, Martha McElyea of Kansas City, Mo.; a sister, Margaret Griffin of Sikeston, Mo.; seven grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; and three great-stepgrandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a daughter and a brother.

Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran after 5 p.m. today.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the chapel, with the Rev. Karen Taylor officiating. Burial will be in Friend Cemetery.