Clyde T. McCracken, 70, passed away on November 11, 2022, at his home in Ness City, Kansas. He was born on December 13, 1951, in Kansas City, Kansas the son of Donald and Danna (Ulrich) McCracken.

Clyde is survived by his wife, Kay (Beckmeyer) McCracken; two sons, Christopher McCracken (Katie) and Philip McCracken (Lindsey); one brother, Duane McCracken (Trena); one sister, Janet Wittwer (Dan); and four grandchildren; Mitchell, Emmett, Stewart, and Miles. He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant brother, Robert.

Clyde was a graduate of El Dorado High School in El Dorado, Kansas and Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas. Clyde and Kay were married May 31, 1974, and began the next 48 years of their married life together in Ness City.  He started out working for Joel Fitzgerald, his uncle, as a mortician at Fitzgerald Funeral Home. It was in this role over the next 10 years that he grew to learn about the community and developed a deep appreciation for it. He then served as administrator at Ness County Hospital for 20 years before transitioning to general construction for the final 18 years of this life.

He was a member of First Baptist Church in Ness City. He served on the Board of Directors for Camp Galilee, a Christian retreat center on Lake Bull Shoals in the Ozarks.

It was Clyde's love for God and faith in Jesus Christ that brought him the greatest joy and hope. He now resides in the presence of his heavenly Father for eternity, no longer living by faith but seeing and experiencing that which was previously faith alone.

Visitation will be held at First Baptist Church on Friday, December 2, 2022, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

A memorial service will be held at First Baptist Church on Saturday, December 3, 2022, at 11:00 a.m.

Memorial contributions may be given to Camp Galilee.

Words of sympathy and support may be left for the family by signing the guest book.