Clara McCrory 1922-2021

Clara McCrory 1922-2021

Clara Irene McCrory, 98, of Holton, formerly of Denison, passed away Friday, July 23, 2021, at Medicalodges Jackson County.

She was born October 16, 1922 in Idana, the daughter of Robert James and Amelda J. (Black) Mann. 

Clara graduated from Clay County Community High School in Clay Center. She also earned a “normal training” certificate and taught in one-room school houses in Clay County. She later worked at JC Penney in Clay Center.

Upon marriage in 1948, she moved to Denison and lived as a farm wife at Denison. She later worked at JC Penney in Holton, then Luce Press Clipping Bureau in Topeka. She lived on the family farm until she moved to Minnesota to live with her daughter and family in Minnesota for tw years. She then moved back to Kansas in 2014 and lived at Medicalodges in Holton in until her death. 

Clara was a lifetime member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, a member of the H.D.U. (Home Demonstration Unit) in Holton and Fairview Club.

She married Charles Melvin McCrory on Sept. 1, 1948, in Idana. He preceded her in death on July 23, 1997, after more than 49 years of marriage. She was also preceded in death by her parents; a son, Gary M. McCrory (Karen) of Denison; and a brother, Howard Mann.

Survivors include a son, Glen McCrory (Karen) of Rossville; two daughters, Colleen Oakes (Patrick) of St. Cloud, Minn., and Carolyn Thornburg (Jerry) of Hoyt; a sister, Elva M. McCrory of Denison; 14 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandson.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 2 at the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Denison. Burial will follow in Denison Cemetery. Clara will lie in state at Mercer Funeral Home in Holton from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, July 31, and Sunday, Aug. 1. Family will greet friends from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Memorials may be given to the RP Church, sent in care of Mercer Funeral Home, P.O. Box 270, Holton, KS 66436.

(PAID OBITUARY)

The Holton Recorder

109 W. Fourth St.
Holton, KS 66436
Phone: 785-364-3141
 

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