Obituary - Jack B. Clay

Jack B. Clay, 84, Harrisonville, Missouri, died Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at his home. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 14 at the Shawnee Mission Memory Gardens Cemetery in Shawnee, Kansas. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Disabled American Veterans. 

Jack was born January 3, 1930 in King, Arkansas, the son of W. Forda and Rosie C. (Bruce) Clay. He was a 1948 graduate of Harrisonville High School. He was a U. S. Army veteran, serving during the Korean War. He married Nellie Joan Conner on August 15, 1950 in Kansas City, Missouri. 

Jack worked for General Motors as a water treatment operator for 38 ½ years before retiring on November 1, 1987. He had lived in Shawnee, Kansas for 26 years before moving to Butler, Missouri in 1989. He moved back to Harrisonville in 2006. 

Jack was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Bruce Clay, one sister, Eula Mae Gray and his wife of 62 years, Nellie Joan, on November 3, 2012. He is survived by one son, Gary W. Clay of Webster, Massachusetts; one daughter, Donna Nielson, Lenexa, Kansas; 4 grandchildren; 8 1/2 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.