Obituaries
Walter W. “Huggie” McClair, 99
July 28, 2019
Walter W. “Huggie” McClair, 99, of Elizabethtown, passed away on Sunday, July 28, 2019 at the Masonic Village.
He was the husband of the late Elizabeth (Miesse) McClair, who passed away in 1987. Born in Columbia, he was the son of the late William S. and Beatrice J. Hogentogler McClair.
Walter had worked for Educators Mutual Life Insurance Company as an underwriter, retiring in 1986. Prior to this, he had worked at Sperry New Holland in Mountville.
He was a US Army veteran of World War II, serving with the Coastal Artillery as a Tech 4. He played the trombone in the Coastal Artillery Band.
Walter was a 32nd degree Master Mason, and was a member of Masonic Lodge 43 Lancaster the Zembo Shrine Club. He was also a member of the Slumbering Groundhog Lodge in Kirkwood. He also enjoyed vacationing at Chincoteague in Virginia.
He is survived by his son Dennis married to Kathy McClair of East Petersburg, his daughter Amy L. Baer of Leola, his three grandchildren: Sabrina, Nicole, and Jessica and by his siblings: Margaret Poff of Lancaster, and Jack R. McClair of Mechanicsburg. He was preceded in death by his sister, Janet Shary.
Services will be private and at the convenience of the family with interment in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted to Charles F. Snyder Jr. Funeral Home & Crematory, 3110 Lititz Pike, Lititz, PA 17543. 717-560-5100
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November 15, 2019
Huggie was raised by his grandparents and lived one block from my home in Columbia. The grandparents were of great help to my Mother when my father was in the US Army during World War II and mother was raising the family. I was greatly surprised when my husband and I bought our house on Sun Valley Dr in Leola and learned that our neighbor was Huggie McClair from Columbia. I had not known him as I was a very young child when mother knew his grandparents and him. I only knew the name when I heard it. He and Betty were great neighbors and it was great for us to get to know both of them well. Huggie was a friend to everyone and I believe all who knew him felt the same way about him. I am sorry to only find out now that he has gone to be with Betty. May they both Rest in Peace. I never went over through the old neighborhood that I didn’t think of him and wonder how he was doing. My sympathy and prayers go out to Amy and Dennis. They were loved by their parents and they spoke of both frequently.
Thelma Little Dallastown, PA
October 12, 2019
Huggie was a jolly man full of hugs and smiles. He was a special friend to my mother, Gertrude Wireback, and we considered him family. May he Rest In Peace.
Anne Wireback Whitmeyer
Charlotte, NC
