Maclyn Benjamin CLANCY

CLANCY, KANNINAN, FLESKES, JACOBSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:07:00

Maclyn Benjamin Clancy
September 14, 1927 --- October 3, 2021

Maclyn Benjamin Clancy, 94, of Sioux City died Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, at a local nursing home.

Services will be at 11 a.m. on Thursday at the Christy-Smith Funeral Homes, Larkin Chapel, located at 2320 Outer Drive North in Sioux City, with Father Jerome Cosgrove officiating. Burial will be on Friday at Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service on Thursday at the funeral home.

Maclyn was born Sept. 14, 1927, to Andrew M. And Lillian (Kanninan) Clancy at Hardy, Iowa. He grew up on the family farm attending Hardy Public Schools thru the tenth grade, graduated in 1945 from Renwick High School, Renwick, Iowa. Maclyn entered the US Army Air Corp in 1946 and was honorably discharged in 1947. After his time in the service, he returned home to work on the family farm.

He married Madonna Margaret Fleskes on Nov. 29, 1952, at Fort Dodge, Iowa. He later attended the University of Iowa and earned a degree in Civil Engineering in 1955. While at the University of Iowa he was a member of the Tau Beta Phi Engineering fraternity. After college the couple moved to Sioux City where he started his 35-year career with Klinger-Younglove Construction, as a design engineer, retiring in 1992. In 2006, he helped start Mac's Auto Repair with his son John in Sioux City.

Maclyn enjoyed traveling, Iowa wrestling, walking, doing crossword puzzles, playing chess, and spending time with his family.

He was a member of St. Michael Church of the Holy Cross Parish in Sioux City, and the Knights of Columbus. Maclyn also volunteered with Hospice of Siouxland.

He is survived by his wife Madonna Clancy of Sioux City; three sons Gregory (Inge) Clancy of Iowa City, Paul (Aimee) Clancy of Sioux City, and John (Valerie) Clancy of Sioux City; two daughters Patti (Rick) Jacobson of Dakota City, and Kate Clancy and her significant other Jeff of Chaska, Minn.; 11 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; son Brian Clancy; two grandchildren Jennifer and Anthony; and two brothers Andrew and Gerald Clancy.

In lieu of flowers the family requests Memorials to Hospice of Siouxland.

Sioux City Journal -- Sioux City, Iowa
October 6, 2021