Rollo Vincent Clark, Jr. passed away Tuesday, December 10, 2013.
He was born on October 20, 1918 in Falls City, Neb. His parents were Rollo V. Clark and Ila Mae (Loucks) Clark.
He attended high school in Reserve, Kan., near his parents’ farm. Most of his first years were spent in Humboldt, Neb. Rollo attended the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, where he received his law degree.
Rollo was in the Army from 1942 to 1946. He became an officer in the Core of Military Police. Most of his Army career was spent at German POW camps, both at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, and Camp Pickett in Virginia. When the war with Japan ended, he was in the Occupation Forces in the office of the Adjunct General. Later he became a special agent in the FBI, and served for nine years in New Jersey. He was a contract administrator with Collins Radio, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He also worked for the General Dynamics Corporation and the Harris Corporation’s R.F. Communications Company in Rochester, N.Y. for forty years in the contracts department.
He married Alyce Virginia Cunningham in Shenandoah, Iowa in 1943 at the Presbyterian Church. They celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on August 17, 2013.
Rollo and Alyce have four daughters, Pamela (Bob) Rees, Des Moines, Iowa; Deborah Clark, Maryville, Mo.; Sarah Clark, Kansas City, Mo.; Candace (Clark) Montgomery, Kansas City. They also have two grandsons, Dane (Mallory) Montgomery; and Reade Montgomery; and a great-granddaughter: Ava Rose Montgomery.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Marjorie Davies and Sarah Spalding; and his nephew, Mark Spalding.
He is survived by his wife, Alyce and four daughters; nephew, Robert Eis (Vicky); niece, Jeanette Spalding; great-nephew, Baub Eis and great-niece, Tiffany Eis and cousins.
He belonged to the following organizations: American Legion, VFW, Eastern Star, College Fraternity Delta Tau Delta, Law Fraternity Phi Alpha Delta, the Nebraska Bar Association, Theatre Organ Societies in Rochester, Omaha, and Kansas City, and the Falls City Masonic Lodge No. 9. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Maryville.
Funeral arrangements are being made by the Price Funeral Home. Calling hours are from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, December 13. The funeral service will be held 10:30 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church on Saturday December 14. Burial will be at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Hiawatha, Kan.
Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Maryville organ maintenance fund or the Rochester, New York Theatre Organ Society.