Clyde Wesley Moffat

Clyde Wesley Moffat, 84, went to be with his Lord Saturday, February 20, 2016. Clyde was born September 2, 1931 to Almeda Loma and Earl Clyde Moffat in Monessen, Pennsylvania. The family moved a few years later to Western New York, settling in Ripley, New York where his father farmed. He attended the Ripley Central School System, graduating in 1949. Clyde and Eleanor Marie Henning were wed in Biloxi, MS, July 14, 1951 where he was assigned with the Air Force while attending radar school. Later in 1951, he was transferred to Burtonwood Air Force Base in the UK. While stationed in England they were blessed with their first two children, daughters Sandra Ann and Susan Lee. They returned to Ripley in 1954, adding son Paul Duane in 1957. During that time Clyde worked three jobs while attending night accounting classes in Erie, PA. He took a position with Welch’s Foods in Westfield, NY, a job that would eventually bring the family to Northwest Arkansas. The family moved to Arkansas in 1964 when Welch’s transferred Clyde to work as the plant accountant and personnel supervisor in Springdale. He desired to operate his own business and established Seaside Pools in 1967. Clyde enjoyed the sales aspect of the business. He continued to work on a part time basis in sales until eventually retiring in 2012. Cars were a passion of Clyde’s. Over the years he enjoyed countless vehicles, eventually accumulating a collection of several antique and classic cars that had interested him. Both Clyde and his wife Eleanor found great enjoyment in travel. They enjoyed cruising, trips to Hawaii, and visiting friends and relatives across the country. Many of his trips were taken with part or all of his growing family. He was a devoted husband. Clyde and Eleanor were inseparable, enjoying life together in a marriage that lasted 63 years. The journey that they took together was one that they were proud of and enjoyed reminiscing about with family. He was preceded in death by his wife Eleanor, his mother and father, Almeda Loma Shepler Moffat and Earl C. Moffat, one brother, Earl M. Moffat, and two sisters, Eva Jane Miller and Marjorie Whitmore. Surviving are one son and daughter- in-law, Paul Duane and Kimberly Renee Moffat of Springdale, two daughters and sons-in-law: Sandra Ann and Ron Hodge of Springdale, and Susan Lee and Charles Fadjo Cravens of Tulsa. Seven grandchildren: Cory Paul Moffat and wife Katie Marie, Kimberly Rose McClure and husband Blaine, Margaret Cravens Brownell and husband Douglas, Eleanor Cravens Thompson and husband Aalaxandar, Susan Kathleen Cravens, Charles Fadjo Cravens, Jr., and Mattix Emerson Cravens. Two great-grandchildren: Kamden Rose Marie Moffat and Clyde Aalaxandar Thompson. The family wants to acknowledge his caregivers in his final days, Angelita Sandebothe, Cleora Carmichael, and Washington Regional Hospice. Services will be held at Sisco Funeral Chapel in Springdale, Arkansas on Thursday February 25, 2016. Visitation will be at 1:00 PM Thursday with funeral at 2:00 PM with Reverend Red Dixon presiding. Burial will follow at Bluff Cemetery in Springdale. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Washington Regional Hospice and Alzheimer’s Association. Online condolences may be at www.siscofuneral.com

Clyde Wesley Moffat

September 2, 1931 - February 20, 2016