John “Jack” E. McClure, Jr., 80, of Frederick County, Virginia died Thursday, March 23, 2017 at his home.
Jack was born in 1937 in Owensboro, Kentucky, the son of the late John E. and Bertha Q. McClure. He graduated from Owensboro High School and the University of Kentucky earning a MBA degree. Jack was a Consultant/Supervisor with the industrial waste cleanup industry. Jack was a self-published author of many short stories and of a military science fiction novel. He was a member of The West Cork Flying Column and Irish Transvaal Brigade re-enactment groups, as well as The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels. Jack was quite the craftsman who enjoyed building anything, especially furniture and he bottled his own hot sauce. He was a whitesmith and enjoyed doing letterpress printing and looked forward to going out shooting on Sunday mornings. Jack was also in the Naval Reserves. In recent years Jack received a great deal of enjoyment through volunteering with the Literacy Volunteers of Winchester. Above all else, Jack was the life of the party wherever he was.
Surviving is a daughter, Virginia Clay McClure (Louis Mead Treadwell, II) and a son, John Edwin “Jed” Donaldson McClure (Lilia Kawakami); grandchildren, Timothy, William, Natalie, James and Henry; his very close friend, Carol Rodriguez and her children, Jenniffer Custer, Alissa Clifton, and Christopher Rodriguez and their children; special friend, Art Price and his daughter; as well as his many close friends including those in the re-enactment groups, the gun range, and his neighbors.
Jack was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Nancy Clay McClure Cumbelich.
Services will be at a later date in Kentucky. Arrangements are being handled by Omps Funeral Home, Amherst Chapel.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in memory of Jack may be made to Literacy Volunteers Winchester Area, 301 N. Cameron Street, Winchester, Virginia 22601 or via their website at https://www.lvwa.org/