Roger K. McClurken

	Roger K. McClurken, age 62, a lifelong resident of the Pinckneyville and Oakdale areas, died Thursday, September 14, 2000 at 12:00 Noon at his residence in Oakdale.
	Roger was born in Pinckneyville on June 18, 1938, the son of Stanley Dale McClurken and Esther (Geistdoerfer) McClurken Gass.  he served with the U.S. Army, the U.S. Coast Guard and was a retired U.S. Postal Service Employee.  He married Nancy Wiegmann on December 31, 1984 at their home in Oakdale.
	Survivors include his wife:  Nancy of Oakdale, two sons:  Mark McClurken of Johnston City and Virgil Cary McClurken, and his wife, Kathy, of Abilene, TX, two daughters:  Danelle McClurken of Oakdale and Beth Custer, and her husband, Kent, of Edwardsville, two brothers:  Alan Dale McClurken, and his wife, Donna, and Jon F. McClurken, and his wife, Janet, all of Pinckneyville and four granddaughters.  His parents preceded him in death.
	Funeral services were held in the Pyatt-Harrawood Funeral Home, Oakdale, on Sunday, September 17 at 1:00 p.m. with Reverend Herbert McGrath officiating.  Interment was in the Oakdale Cemetery.
	Friends called at the Pyatt-Harrawood Funeral Home, Oakdale on Saturday from 6 until 9 p.m. and on Sunday from 8 a.m. until time of services.
	The Coulterville V.F.W. Post #6865 provided graveside military rites.
