1922
Clarence
2012
Clarence Simank
January 9, 1922 — December 20, 2012
Clarence O. Simank age 90 of Kempner, passed away on Thursday, December 20, 2012, in a Killeen hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Monday, December 24, 2012 at Scott’s Funeral Home of Copperas Cove, with Rev. Thomas Edwards officiating. Burial with military honors, will follow at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen. The family will receive visitors from 2 to 4 P.M. Sunday at the funeral home.
Mr. Simank was born on Jan. 9, 1922 in Rosebud, Texas. He entered the Army in April of 1944 and serviced with Company D of the 78th Infantry Division during WWII in Europe, where he received numerous citations for his service, including two Bronze Stars and the Purple Heart. He was Honorably Discharged as a Sergeant in October of 1945. He was a life member of the 78th Division Veterans Association, the Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge, D.A.V. Chapter 29 in Killeen, Military Order of the Purple Heart in Killeen, V.F.W. Post 3393 in Kempner and American Legion Post 0582 in Copperas Cove. He was employed at the rocket plant in McGregor and Mobil Chemical for many years. He was a “Yellow Dog Democrat” all his life. He married Doris Hodges Lightfoot in Copperas Cove on July 3, 1982.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Bertha Blackmon.
He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Doris; son, Clarence Lewis (Dick) Simank of Alabama; daughters, Deborah Stephens of Killeen and Carol Simank of Dallas; two stepsons, David Lightfoot of Rockwall and Jeffery Lightfoot of Dallas; two sisters, Dorothy Burk and Ann Grimes of Round Rock; twelve grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Monday, December 24, 2012 at Scott’s Funeral Home of Copperas Cove, with Rev. Thomas Edwards officiating. Burial with military honors, will follow at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen. The family will receive visitors from 2 to 4 P.M. Sunday at the funeral home.
Mr. Simank was born on Jan. 9, 1922 in Rosebud, Texas. He entered the Army in April of 1944 and serviced with Company D of the 78th Infantry Division during WWII in Europe, where he received numerous citations for his service, including two Bronze Stars and the Purple Heart. He was Honorably Discharged as a Sergeant in October of 1945. He was a life member of the 78th Division Veterans Association, the Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge, D.A.V. Chapter 29 in Killeen, Military Order of the Purple Heart in Killeen, V.F.W. Post 3393 in Kempner and American Legion Post 0582 in Copperas Cove. He was employed at the rocket plant in McGregor and Mobil Chemical for many years. He was a “Yellow Dog Democrat” all his life. He married Doris Hodges Lightfoot in Copperas Cove on July 3, 1982.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Bertha Blackmon.
He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Doris; son, Clarence Lewis (Dick) Simank of Alabama; daughters, Deborah Stephens of Killeen and Carol Simank of Dallas; two stepsons, David Lightfoot of Rockwall and Jeffery Lightfoot of Dallas; two sisters, Dorothy Burk and Ann Grimes of Round Rock; twelve grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
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