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John J. Clydesdale III - Class of 1961

Delete this post Submitted by Bill Norvell 1965 <w.norvell@att.net> on 17/May/2025
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    John J. Clydesdale III - Class of 1961 - John J. Clydesdale, III has passed away on 27 March 2025 in Bluffton, SC... Spouse, Maryellen

Posted by MaryAlice Megan maryalice237@gmail.com  Jack was born in Ft. Myers, FL on 09 JUN 1943 to John J. Clydesdale II and Barbara Bates. After his father returned from the service, the young family moved to Newburgh, NY where the Clydesdale family had lived for many generations.

Jack attended NFA, graduated in 1961. Shortly after that he joined the Marine Corps. He was a very proud and succesful Marine.

On 20 OCT 1972 Jack married MaryAlice Mangan in St. Mary's Church in Newburgh.

Jack worked for IBM as a Computer Engineer for 30 years then he and MaryAlice retired to Sun City Hilton Head in Bluffton, SC in 2008. Jack is survived by his wife of 53 years, MaryAlice, and his two sisters; Barbara Farkas (Robert) of Rock Hill, NY and Jeri McCormick of Ashville, NC.



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