James F. "Jim" Clark 1941 - 2016

CLARK

Posted By: Connie Swearingen - volunteer (email)
Date: 3/14/2016 at 17:10:21

Sioux City Journal
2 March 2016

SIOUX CITY | James F. "Jim" Clark, 75, of Sioux City died on Feb. 26, 2016, at his residence, following a battle with cancer.

Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 7, at Redeemer Lutheran Church. Visitation will be 9 a.m. until service time Monday at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Waterbury Funeral Service of Sioux City.

Jim was born on Jan. 31, 1941, and lived most of his life in Morningside. He graduated from East High School in 1959, where he was a standout basketball player and also a member of the American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps. He then went to the University of Iowa, where he joined the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, made the Iowa Hawkeye basketball practice squad and was an honors student. He graduated with a degree in political science in 1963.

After graduation, Jim served as a military intelligence officer with the U.S. Army. He completed a tour of duty in Vietnam from 1965 to 1966, where he served as reconnaissance section leader attached to the 1st Infantry Division. He also was an adviser to an Army of South Vietnam (ARVN) Ranger unit. He was proud of his service and his Ranger tab. He remained active in veterans issues, supporting wounded veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts until the month of his death.

After completing his military service, he went to work with his father, Glenn Clark, at Clark Cattle Company at the Sioux City Stockyards. Jim was a fixture in the stockyards for decades, working as a cattle trader and commodities broker.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Jim was a member of the Abu Bekr Shrine, reaching the 32nd Degree Mason. He loved hunting, fishing, Scotch, and the Iowa Hawkeyes. Jim leaves behind many friends who will remember him as their constant companion during winter mornings in duck blinds on the Missouri River and summer days in boats on Ontario lakes.

He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Lucinda "Cindy" Ebert Clark; his mother, Dorothy Clark; his children, Heather Dias (Luis), Brad Clark (Staci), and Erik Clark (Melinda); and seven grandchildren.

Jim was preceded in death by his father, Glenn Clark.

Memorials may be directed in Jim's name to the Wounded Warrior Project, www.woundedwarriorproject.org or to P.O. Box 758517 Topeka, Kansas 66675.