He was born March 20, 1924, in Fairmont to John and Pearl Bridget May Clickner and died Saturday, May 6, 2006, at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center.
He attended Evergreen and Fairview grade schools near Douglas. He enlisted in the Navy during his senior year at Pioneer High School in 1943. He was stationed at Kaneohe Bay on Oahu, Hawaii, and then served aboard the USS Kenneth Whiting as an aviation machinist third class on Saipan in the Mariana Islands. He returned to Douglas following his discharge in 1945, where he farmed and drove bus for Douglas school. He later worked for Garfield County District 1 for 12 years.
In 2002, he graduated from Pioneer in a special ceremony with other veterans from the community that did not have the opportunity to graduate because of service to their country.
He married Elizabeth "Betty" Krausse Nov. 19, 1949, in Marshall, where he attended church. He later attended St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Enid.
Surviving are his wife, Betty, of the home in Douglas; two daughters, Carol Reinert of Fairmont and Brenda Brown of Enid; three sons, Les Clickner of Enid, John Clickner of Douglas and Gary Clickner of Waukomis; one brother, Eddie Clickner of Viere, Fla.; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one sister.
Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Our Daily Bread or St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church.
Condolences may be made online at www.enidwe-care.com.
He was born March 20, 1924, in Fairmont to John and Pearl Bridget May Clickner and died Saturday, May 6, 2006, at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center.
He attended Evergreen and Fairview grade schools near Douglas. He enlisted in the Navy during his senior year at Pioneer High School in 1943. He was stationed at Kaneohe Bay on Oahu, Hawaii, and then served aboard the USS Kenneth Whiting as an aviation machinist third class on Saipan in the Mariana Islands. He returned to Douglas following his discharge in 1945, where he farmed and drove bus for Douglas school. He later worked for Garfield County District 1 for 12 years.
In 2002, he graduated from Pioneer in a special ceremony with other veterans from the community that did not have the opportunity to graduate because of service to their country.
He married Elizabeth "Betty" Krausse Nov. 19, 1949, in Marshall, where he attended church. He later attended St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Enid.
Surviving are his wife, Betty, of the home in Douglas; two daughters, Carol Reinert of Fairmont and Brenda Brown of Enid; three sons, Les Clickner of Enid, John Clickner of Douglas and Gary Clickner of Waukomis; one brother, Eddie Clickner of Viere, Fla.; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one sister.
Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Our Daily Bread or St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church.
Condolences may be made online at www.enidwe-care.com.
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