San Joaquin County CA Archives Obituaries.....Clark Sr., Jackie Dale October 26, 2005
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The Tracy Press
Jackie Dale Clark Sr. 

June 5, 1927 — Oct. 26, 2005

Graveside services will be Wednesday afternoon for retired U.S. Navy Chief 
Petty Officer Jackie Dale “Jack” Clark Sr., 78, who kept California Highway 
Patrol cars running smoothly in the Tracy area for two decades.

He died Wednesday morning at Sutter Tracy Community Hospital from health 
problems that plagued him for years.

A native of Harrisburg, Ill., Mr. Clark enlisted in the U.S. Navy in Detroit, 
Mich., at age 17 as an aviation machinist mate and served in World War II, the 
Korean War, the Cuban missile crisis and the Vietnam War before retiring as a 
chief petty officer in 1966 after 22 years of service.

He worked at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago before moving to Tracy in 
1968. In Tracy, he worked two years at Tracy Motors for his father-in-law, Wes 
Shekels, and then was an automotive technician for the California Highway 
Patrol in Tracy for 20 years before retiring in 1991.

Mr. Clark was active in the Tracy community. He served as exalted ruler of the 
Tracy Elks Lodge in 1983-84 and 2½ terms as commander of James McDermott Post, 
American Legion. He was also a member of Tracy Post 1537, Veterans of Foreign 
Wars, and the Tracy Breakfast Lions Club.

Mr. Clark loved to get together with “old cronies” for coffee and 
conversation. He was a strong supporter of American armed forces and was 
especially proud of his grandniece, Army Sgt. Desiree Condon, who served in 
Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Mr. Clark is survived by his sons, Jack Clark Jr. and his wife, Pam, of 
Olympia, Wash., and John Clark and his wife, Peggy, of Oxford, Miss.; sister, 
Gayle Copple and her husband, Warren, of Detroit, Mich.; niece, Mary Condon 
and her husband, John, of Tracy; nephews Bill Souza of Sacramento and Frank 
Souza of Honolulu; grandnieces, Malissa Sherwood of Rocklin and Sgt. Desiree 
Condon of Wiesbaden, Germany; brothers-in-law Senior Chief Shawn Shekels and 
his wife, Dawn, and Steve Shekels, all of Friendship, Wis.; and sister-in-law 
Sandy Shekels of Wausau, Wis.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 39 years, Darlene Clark, and his 
parents, Orville and Blanche Clark.

Wednesday’s services with full military honors will begin at 2 p.m. at Tracy 
Cemetery.

Fry Memorial Chapel, 550 S. Central Ave, is handling arrangements.

Contributions in Mr. Clark’s name may be sent to American Cancer Society, 207 
E. Alpine Avenue, Stockton 95204, or American Diabetes Association, 2720 
Gateway Oaks, No. 110, Sacramento 95833.

Published on Monday, October 31, 2005, in the Tracy Press. 


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