San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....McCleary, John May 1 2004
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Originally published in the Tracy Press on Tuesday, May 4, 2004
John McCleary
March 12, 1935 — May 1, 2004

John McCleary, 69, a star athlete at Tracy High School in the 1950s and later a 
longtime IBM employee, died Saturday in his Stockton home following a long 
illness.
Born and raised in Tracy, he attended Tracy schools and was a 1953 graduate of 
Tracy High, where he excelled in science and athletics. 
He played halfback on the Bulldog football team, was a member of the basketball 
team that captured the championships of the Valley Oak League, Gustine 
Tournament and Tracy Lions Club Tournament, and played first base on the 
baseball team.
Mr. McCleary was named winner of the Boys Block T Blanket Award as the 
outstanding athlete in the class of 1953.
After serving in the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1955, Mr. McCleary worked for IBM 
in Stockton as a technician and applications engineer. He retired in 1981.
Survivors include his wife, Patricia McCleary of Stockton; four sons, Allen 
McCleary of Sacramento, Charles and Raymond McCleary, both of Jackson, Wyo., 
and Bill McCleary of Lodi; and five grandchildren. Also surviving are two 
sisters, Margaret Mandish and Kathryn McCleary, both of Tracy. 
Services will be private.



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