MEADE – Clarence T. Wyrick, age 91, died early Wednesday morning, August 27, 2008, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas.

He was born February 2, 1917, at Stockton, Kansas, the son of William Harvey and Mary (Napier) Wyrick. As a young boy he attended school in Stockton and Kismet, Kansas. A resident of Meade since 1957, moving from Plains, he was a self employed welder. He was a veteran serving in the United States Army during World War II in the Pacific Theater of Operations.

He was a member of the Untied Methodist Church and American Legion, both of Plains. Clarence enjoyed hunting, fishing, and had a fondness for dogs.

On September 25, 1947, he married Carol McCoy at Kansas City, Missouri. She survives.

Other survivors include:

A son, Gary Wyrick, and wife, Louise of Kismet, Kansas

A daughter, Susan McFall, and husband, Dale of Meade, Kansas

Three grandchildren, Robert & Jacque Tacha
Erin & Mitchell Collins
Roger & Sarah Wyrick

One great-grandchild, Sadie Collins

He is preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Fred, George, and Ed Wyrick; and two sisters, Hazel Jones and Ella Fleetwood.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, August 30, 2008, at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary Chapel, Meade, with the Reverend Terry Mayhew presiding. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Friday, at the mortuary. Interment will be in the Plains Cemetery, Plains.

The family would welcome memorials to the American Legion Veteran's Memorial Fund or the charity of the donor's choice in care of the mortuary.