Name |
Clair Wilbur Headrick |
Born |
24 May 1916 |
Flandreau, Moody County, South Dakota, USA |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
30 Aug 2000 |
Ward, Moody County, South Dakota, USA |
- Clair Headrick
FLANDREAU - Clair W. Headrick, 84, died Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2000, at his farm near Flandreau.
He was born May 24, 1916, on a farm northwest of Flandreau. He attended Stagelman rural school and worked in the Civilian Conservation Corps at Rochford. He worked as a farm hand in Moody County.
He married Margaret Gregg on Dec. 23, 1941, in Sioux Falls. He served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II, and was captured in 1944. He was liberated from a prisoner-of-war camp in 1945 and returned home later that year. He attended welding training at the Flandreau Indian School, then worked for Dibble Motors in Pipestone, Minn. He started his own body shop in Flandreau, then began farming in 1960. He moved into town in 1987.
He was a member of the Second Presbyterian Church, Flandreau Masonic Lodge No. 11, AF & AM, Flandreau American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Siouxland Chapter of the AX-POW. He served as former commander of the South Dakota State POW organization.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret two sons: Gregg of Phoenix, and Roger of Luverne, Minn. three daughters: Jolene Dobbs of Rapid City, Margo Zephier of Flandreau, and Cindy Dornbush of Omaha 10 grandchildren a great-granddaughter three brothers: Clifford and Richard, both of Flandreau, and John of Sioux Falls and three sisters: Mildred Applegate of Citrus Heights, Calif., Lois Allen of Mesa, Ariz., and Nadine Boever of Brinnon, Wash.
Services begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Second Presbyterian Church in Flandreau with burial in Union Cemetery.
Visitation begins at 3 p.m. today at the Skroch Funeral Chapel in Flandreau with a prayer service at 7 p.m.
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Buried |
Union Cemetery, Moody, South Dakota, USA |
Siblings |
6 siblings |
1. Vernon Lester Headrick, b. 22 Apr 1906, Flandreau, Moody County, South Dakota, USA , d. 11 Jul 1994, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA , m. Kathryn Monica McMahon (1928) | |
2. Blanche Adele Headrick, b. 25 Aug 1908, Flandreau, Moody County, South Dakota, USA , d. 1935, Flandreau, Moody County, South Dakota, USA | |
3. James Cavner Headrick, b. 21 Nov 1910, Flandreau, Moody County, South Dakota, USA , d. 22 Sep 1976, Flandreau, Moody County, South Dakota, USA , m. Eldora Beth Larson (1932) | |
4. Mary Marjorie Headrick, b. 10 Jan 1914, Flandreau, Moody County, South Dakota, USA , d. 8 Feb 1998, Flandreau, Moody County, South Dakota, USA , m. Benjamin E. Latham (1936) | |
5. Clifford M. Headrick, b. 31 Jul 1918, Flandreau, Moody County, South Dakota, USA , d. 28 Feb 2003, Flandreau, Moody County, South Dakota, USA , m. Elaine Eunice Schultz (1939); Hazel Stimson (1966) | |
6. Mildred Lulu Headrick, b. 11 Oct 1921, Flandreau, Moody County, South Dakota, USA , d. 5 Jul 2010, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, USA , m. Herschell Preston Applegate (1942) | |
Ancestors |
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Patriarch & Matriarch |
Robert Headrick, b. 8 Feb 1788, Monzie, Perthshire, Scotland, UK , d. 17 Jun 1865, Crief, Perthshire, Scotland, UK (Age 77 years) (2 x Great Grandfather) Mary C. Buck, b. 26 Sep 1858, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA , d. 15 Apr 1893, Moody County, South Dakota, USA (Age 34 years) (Grandmother) |
Notes |
- World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946 Record about Clair W Headrick
Name: Clair W Headrick
Race: White
Residence State: South Dakota
Report Date: 23 Jul 1944
Latest Report Date: 25 Apr 1945
Grade: Technician 5th Grade
Grade Notes: Chief nurse or Head dietitian or Head physical therapy aide or Technician 5th Grade
Service Branch: Army
Arm or Service: Field Artillery
Arm or Service Code: Field Artillery
Organization Type: 105 MM Howitzer Truck Drawn
Parent Unit Type: Battalion/Training Battalion Combat/Special Troops
Area Served: European Theatre: Germany
Detaining Country: Germany
Camp: 005
Status: Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated
Report Source: Individual has been reported through sources considered official.
Posted on the South Dakota World War II Memorial website
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The following was written by Clair Headrick.
I'm an Ex-POW/MIA
And in a land so very far away,
And tho' by no fault of our own,
We were surrendered
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Person ID |
I7655 |
Clark |
Last Modified |
30 Aug 2011 |