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- Sunday, February 03, 2008 Clyde Waldrip Juneau Empire Jeneau, Alaska
Juneau resident Clyde Anderson Waldrip died Jan. 29, 2008, atBartlettRegional Hospital, after an extensive battle with Parkinson'sdisease andAlzheimer's. He was 84.
Born Jan. 8, 1924, in Hagermen, N.M., he moved to Eugene, Ore., attheage of 8. He entered the U.S. Army as a private first class in1943. Hefought in the World War II European Theater and served hiscountry bymarching across Europe, sleeping in fox holes - wet, wearyand worn butwith an unwavering patriotic mission and duty.
After World War II, he was stationed in Clinton, Miss., where heservedas a military policeman until 1946, when he was honorablydischarged.
According to family, he married the love of his life, Dorothy Shultz,in1948. They lived in Eugene, where he started his family and a careeras amillwright mechanic.
They raised two boys. His family said they all reaped the benefit ofhislove of nature and his mechanical ingenuity. He was a truerenaissanceman, innovator and pioneer of his industry, they said. Hewas an avidhunter and fisher; a designer; and a builder of houses,campers andboats. His family said he was a phenomenal gardener. He hadthe uncannyability to fix anything that needed fixing, they said.
He retired from Trus-Joist as a millwright after 30 years ofservice.They moved to Juneau in 2000 to be closer to their family (andthefishing).
He was preceded in death by his parents, Sidney and MelissaWaldrip;brothers, Floyd and Coit Waldrip; and sister, Milred Doyle.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Dorothy Waldrip; son,PaulWaldrip and his wife, Karen, and their son, Tom; onegranddaughter, AmyEly, and her husband, Richard; twogreat-grandchildren, Kristofer andGabrielle Ely; sisters, Ethel MaeBlaine, Roma Terry and Florene Johnson;nieces, nephews and otherrelatives; and many friends and coworkers inAlaska and Oregon.
Memorial services will be at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, atChristEvangelical Lutheran Church, 10300 Glacier Highway, in Juneau.The Rev.Scott Wolfram will officiate. Entombment will be after thespring thaw atthe Alaskan Memorial Park and Mortuary. Relatives andfriends are welcometo the memorial service and the reception,following at the church.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the AlaskaAlzheimerResource Agency Foundation, 1750 Abbott Road, Anchorage, AK99507,800-478-1080, for research and support to those still strugglingthroughthese devastating diseases.
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1924 - 2008 (84 years)
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