Apr 7, 1923 - Oct 27, 2015
Posted by Jo Aguirre
Clarke Irving Maxwell,
Jr.
Apr 7, 1923 - Oct 27, 2015
Posted by Jo Aguirre
Interment will follow in the Tishomingo Cemetery. Mr. Maxwell was called by his
Savior to come home on October 27, 2015 at the Mercy Hospital in Ardmore,
Oklahoma.
Clarke was born on April 7, 1923 at Drumright, Oklahoma to C. I. Maxwell and
Alta M. (Faulkenstein) Maxwell. They moved to Tishomingo in his early years and
he graduated from Tishomingo High School and then attended Murray State College.
He served in the United States Army, 5th Armored Division in Europe and was
awarded 5 Battle Stars. His division was closer to Berlin on the Elbe River at
Madenberg, Germany than any other division, when the war in Europe ended. They
were known as "Patton's Ghosts", 34th Tank Division. Clarke was raised in a
Christian family and gave his life to Christ at the age of 10. He attended the
Presbyterian Church until he met and married Clara West in 1977. He then joined
the Nazarene Church in Tishomingo.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Clara on February 5, 2010, his
sister, Helen, and a niece, Sharon.
Clarke is survived by two step-sons and their wives, Jerry & Glenna West and
James & Sheryl West, eleven grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.