Arlan W. McClurkin (1917-2008)

MCCLURKIN, LAMPE

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 8/2/2008 at 13:09:07

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Story County, Iowa, Saturday, August 2, 2008.

Arlan W. McClurkin, formerly of Ames, died Wednesday, July 23, 2008, after a long, fruitful life. A memorial service will be Thursday, Aug. 7, in Denver, Colo.

Arlan, born July 8, 1917, in Clay Center, Kan., obtained his degree in Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University and was a captain in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945. After he met and married Betty Lampe in 1945, they traveled to Allahabad, India, to serve as missionaries for the Presbyterian Church, Arlan teaching veterinary students at the university. After their return from India in 1951, he attended the University of Wisconsin and earned his Ph.D. in virology and bacteriology. Arlan and family moved to Ames in 1955 where he was employed by the U.S. Hog Cholera Station, the forerunner of the National Animal Disease Center. Outside of a two year trip to Lahore, Pakistan, to work with the U.N.'s World Health Organization, Ames was home to the McClurkin family until Arlan and Betty retired to Denver, Colo., in 2000.

Arlan was a charter member of Northminster Presbyterian Church and served as a Deacon and Sunday school teacher. In 2002, he was honored with an award in recognition of his lifelong contribution to the field of veterinary medicine.

Arlan is survived his wife, Betty; his four children, John, Michael, David and Deeya; four grandchildren, Joel, Jason, Jennifer and Elizabeth; and four great-grandchildren, Ariana, Kelsea, Logan and Shealyn.

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