More detail on this person: Lt. Col. Clyde Ross
Cloar (Ret., USAF), 88, of Mount Pleasant, SC,
died April 20, 2016.
His Funeral Service will be held on Saturday,
April 23, 2016 in Rodenberg Chapel, Franke at
Seaside, 1885 Rifle Range Road, Mt. Pleasant at
11:30 am and conducted by The Rev. Frederick
Baldwin.
Burial will be private.
The family will receive friends in the Narthex at
Rodenberg Chapel from 10:30 until time of the
service. Arrangements by J. HENRY STUHR, INC.,
MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL.
Born in San Bernardino, California February 15,
1928, he was the only child of Lee Webster Cloar
and Grace Ross Cloar. Commissioned into the US
Air Force upon graduation from the US Military
Academy at West Point in 1950, he married Mary
Lou Vollmer of Norfolk, Virginia the following day
in a "crossed sabers" ceremony at the Academy
Chapel.
A pilot, Clyde flew B-29s for 10 combat missions
in Korea, C-47s for most of his career, and the
H-1 and H-3 helicopters during 100 combat
missions in Vietnam. He was heavily decorated: 3
times with the Distinguished Flying Cross, 6 times
with the Air Medal, and with the Bronze Star,
among others.
He taught Air Force ROTC at Pennsylvania State
University and at the Virginia Military Institute.
Military assignments took the Cloars to Guam,
England, and across the US to South Carolina,
where Clyde retired in 1973.
After completing a Masters degree at The Citadel
in School Administration, Clyde taught at Trident
Tech for a decade and retired again.
Early residents of Franke at Seaside, Clyde and
Mary Lou moved to a villa there in 2003, enjoying
an active lifestyle until her death in 2005.
He subsequently met and married Virginia Ross
Busche of Franke in 2007.
Once an avid participant in Franke Chapel
services, Clyde was known by many as a Greeter.
Others will recall his light-hearted poems,
published in "Clyde's Corner" of the Franke
newsletter as long as his sight permitted. He was
also known for his quick wit and sense of humor.
Others in Seaside Farms knew him as the "Dog
Whistler."
For a 10-year period, he could be seen early in
the morning on his adult 3-wheeler, greeting dogs
and their owners by name. Each of "Clyde's dogs"
received a scratch behind the ears and a treat
from his pocket, and a good day was judged by the
number of dogs he saw on his route.
Clyde is survived by his loving wife, Virginia and
two devoted daughters, Lila Cloar and Lisa Sutton
(David), and two very spoiled granddogs, all of
Mount Pleasant.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be
made to the Charleston Animal Society at
www.charlestonanimalsociety.org or 2455 Remount
Rd., N Charleston, SC 29406.
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