Clare Austin Platt Sr
March 22, 1917 — June 10, 2006
Clare Austin Platt Sr., 89 of Mountain Home, Arkansas died Saturday June 10, 2006 at Baxter Regional Hospice in Mountain Home.
He was born on March 22, 1917 in Gridley, Kansas the son of Justus E. and Bertha (Sage) Platt.
Clare had four sons from a previous marriage. He then married E. Laverne Bray and of the union of 61 years they also had four sons.
He retired from Dealers Transport in Claycomo, Missouri and moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas shortly thereafter in 1987.
He enjoyed gardening, working in his yard and traveling.
Survivors include: his wife Laverne of Mountain Home, Arkansas; sons, Clare A. Platt Jr. and Sharon of Hamilton, Kansas, Clyde and Wanda of Newton, Kansas, John and Dorothy of Liberty, Missouri, James and Nan of Mountain Home, Arkansas, Jack and Ronda of Manhattan, Kansas, Preston and Nance of Kansas City, Kansas; two sisters, Zelma Lange of Wichita, Kansas and Wilma Wallace of San Diego, California; seventeen grandchildren and twenty-eight great-granchildren, three great-great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two sons, Jerry and Franklin; sister Florence Shepard; two brothers, John and James; five half brothers, Roy, Arch, Lawrence and Clyde Platt and Byron Shafer.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, June 14, 2006 at Koup Family Funeral Home with Jayme Koup officiating. Interment will be followed at Janesville Cemetery.
He was born on March 22, 1917 in Gridley, Kansas the son of Justus E. and Bertha (Sage) Platt.
Clare had four sons from a previous marriage. He then married E. Laverne Bray and of the union of 61 years they also had four sons.
He retired from Dealers Transport in Claycomo, Missouri and moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas shortly thereafter in 1987.
He enjoyed gardening, working in his yard and traveling.
Survivors include: his wife Laverne of Mountain Home, Arkansas; sons, Clare A. Platt Jr. and Sharon of Hamilton, Kansas, Clyde and Wanda of Newton, Kansas, John and Dorothy of Liberty, Missouri, James and Nan of Mountain Home, Arkansas, Jack and Ronda of Manhattan, Kansas, Preston and Nance of Kansas City, Kansas; two sisters, Zelma Lange of Wichita, Kansas and Wilma Wallace of San Diego, California; seventeen grandchildren and twenty-eight great-granchildren, three great-great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two sons, Jerry and Franklin; sister Florence Shepard; two brothers, John and James; five half brothers, Roy, Arch, Lawrence and Clyde Platt and Byron Shafer.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, June 14, 2006 at Koup Family Funeral Home with Jayme Koup officiating. Interment will be followed at Janesville Cemetery.
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