Chester C. Clason

Chester C. Clason, 75 of Amarillo died Saturday March 10, 2007 at the Thomas E. Creek VAMC in Amarillo. Services will be at 1:00 PM Friday at Rector Funeral Home Osage Chapel with Bishop Patrick Mullin of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints officiating. Full Military Honors will be by Altus AFB. Interment will be at Llano East Cemetery, Field of Valor. Arrangements are by Rector Funeral Home Osage Chapel. 2800 S. Osage St. Amarillo, Texas. Mr. Clason was born in Wewela, SD. He moved to Amarillo in 1976. Mr. Clason served in the U.S. Air Force from 1949 to 1971. He served during the Korean and Vietnam wars and was stationed in Thailand for 2 years. He retired in 1971 as a S/MSGT. After his retirement from the Air Force he lived in Honolulu, HI. He received a Bachelors degree in General Accounting from Chaminade University. He received a Masters degree in Accounting from West Texas State in 1982. Mr. Clason taught business accounting at ATI. He worked as an accounts manager for the Bureau of Mines and for several cattle and feedlot firms from Colorado to Texas. He has also worked as an accounts audit manager for several banks in Amarillo and was a special education instructor at Caprock High School. Mr. Clason was a kind and compassionate man who dearly loved his family and friends. He would provide assistance to anyone who needed help and would never ask for anything in return. It would put a smile on his face when someone would indulge him in a game of cribbage or dominos of which you could never win! Mr. Clason was admired and respected for his knowledge, wisdom and values. He will truly be missed. Mr. Clason married Yvonne Audrey Nakila on Dec. 1, 1952 at Honolulu. She preceded him in death in 2004. Survivors include:1 son; Richard Clason and his wife Tanya of Panhandle, 1 daughter; Karen Evenson and her husband Duane of Amarillo, 2 brothers; Frank Clason and his wife Pat of Pampa and Eugene Clason of Spoke, WA, 2 sisters; Mary Belle Brown and Mona Briscoe both of Spokane, WA, 3 grandchildren; Russell Clason, Ryan Clason and Neely Kelley all of Amarillo, 5 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.