Lorene M. Cleere

Lorene Cleere, 80, of Amarillo died Friday, June 7, 2002, at Baptist St, Anthony's Hospice and Life Enrichment Center.

Services will be at 2:00 PM Monday at Paramount Baptist Church with Dr. Gil Lain, pastor and Rev. F.M Byford, senior adults minister, officiating. Eastern Star burial rites will be by the A.E. Shirley Chapter #986 Order of the Eastern Star. Interment will be at Llano Cemetery. Arrangements are by Rector Funeral Home 2800 S. Osage Street.

Mrs. Cleere was born in Whitney, TX. She moved to Amarillo in 1944. She retired from the O.M. Franklin Serum Co., where she had worked as a laboratory technician. She was a member of Paramount Baptist Church where she was active in the Lydia Sunday School Class and worked with the Vacation Bible School for many years. She was a member of the A.E. Shirley Chapter #986, Order of the Eastern Star. She served as Worthy Matron in 1964.

She married Dean Cleere in 1953, at Clovis. She and her husband traveled extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe after their retirement. She was a caring wife, mother, sister and grandmother who held strong in her faith. Her spiritual gift was mercy and she displayed graciousness, a smile and a witty sense of humor.

Survivors include her husband of the home; 1 daughter, Glenda Hunkapiller of Renton, WA; 2 sons, Dr. Carroll E. Cleere of Tulsa and Kenny Cleere of Amarillo; 1 sister, Thelma Buck of Odessa; 2 brothers, Frank Wood of Amarillo and Cecil G. Wood of Littleton, CO; 1 son-in-law, Warren Hunkapiller of Renton, WA.; 2 daughters-in-law, Janice Cleere of Tulsa and Donna Cleere of Amarillo; 6 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren; and a multitude of relatives and friends.

The family requests memorial donations to Paramount Baptist Church Building Fund, The National Parkinson Foundation, or Olivia's Angels c/o BSA Hospice.