Clarence S. Carney 1925-2012

CARNEY FRIEDMAN MOORE

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 11/23/2012 at 23:51:41

Sioux City Journal
March 29, 2012

SIOUX CITY -- Clarence S. Carney, 86, of Sioux City passed away Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at a local care facility.

Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Friday at First Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Torey Lightcap of St. Thomas Episcopal Church officiating. There will be a Masonic service following the memorial service Friday conducted by the Turian Masonic Lodge at the church. There will be a luncheon at the Abu Bekr Shrine Temple. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, with military rites conducted by the U.S. Navy. There will be no visitation. Arrangements are under the direction of Meyer Brothers Morningside Chapel. Condolences may be sent online to www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Clarence was born on June 21, 1925, in Ossining, N.Y., the son of Clarence G. and Josephine (Friedman) Carney. He lived at the Graham School Orphanage in Yonkers, N.Y., and was a graduate of Hastings High School in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. After high school, Clarence served in the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific from 1943 to 1946. Following the war, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Iowa State University, where he also played football. He went on and received a master's degree in counseling from the University of Northern Iowa in 1960.

Clarence married Jacquelyn "Jacque" Moore on June 17, 1950, in Charles City, Iowa. She died on Jan. 17, 1995, in Sioux City. Clarence lived in Ackley, Iowa, and was a high school football coach from 1951 to 1959. He studied and coached at UNI from 1959 to 1960 before coming to Sioux City. He was also football coach, teacher and dean of boys at Central High School in Sioux City from 1960 to 1966. Clarence worked for Iowa Public Service/Midwest Energy from 1967 to 1990. He served in the Iowa Senate from 1978 to 1982 and was on the education committee. Clarence was employed at Morningside College from 1990 to 1995.

Clarence was a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church and was a senior warden and lay reader. He had served as president of the Sioux City School Board, the Sioux City Convention and Tourism Board, The Sertoma Club and WACO Board.

He was Commodore and Port Admiral of the Port of Sioux City River-Cade. Clarence was past master of the Tyrian Masonic Lodge 508 A.F. & A.M. He was Potentate of the Abu Bekr Shrine Temple in 1995, announcer for the White Horse Mounted Patrol and in the Scottish Rite Knight Commander Court of Honor. He was Master of Ceremonies for The All-America Concert Band and was a board member of the United Way of Iowa. Clarence was a peerless banquet speaker and it was said his motto was "will talk for food."

He received the Presidential Volunteer Award, the Lion's Club Outstanding Citizen of the Year in 1998, Rotary Club Service Above Self Award in 2001, Iowa State University Siouxland Service Key Award, Sertoman of the Year in 1983-1984 and 1991-1992, NAIA Meritorious Service Award in 1999.

He is survived by three children, Michael R. Carney and his wife, Marsha of Centennial, Colo., Patsy Simoni of Sioux City, and Kathy Carney of Chandler, Ariz.; two sisters, Janet Knudson and her husband, Ernie of Tucson, Ariz., and Barbara Salvia of Raleigh, N.C.; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and his wife, Jacque.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Clarence S. Carney Music Scholarship Fund of The All-America Concert Band, Abu Bekr Shrine Transportation Fund or St. Thomas Episcopal Church.