Funeral mass for William Henry Clafferty Jr., 82, of Livingston, Texas, will be held Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. in the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Livingston, Texas with Father Tarsisius Puling, SVD officiating. A rosary will be held from 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, April 25, 2019 until the service begins at 11:00 a.m.

Mr. Clafferty was born September 8, 1936 in Longview, Texas, to parents, William Henry Clafferty Sr. and Mabel (Smith) Clafferty and passed away in Elkhart, Texas, on April 6, 2019. He is preceded in death by his parents; daughters, Jeannie Clafferty and Concetta Clafferty; and sisters, Barbara Clafferty, Delores Andrews, and Mabel Hayes.

During his life, Hank served two years in the National Guard in Longview, Texas.  He served 4 years in the Air Force during peace time. After getting married and moving to Texas City, Texas, he volunteered with the Galveston County Sheriff's Dept. Marine Division for search and rescue. He worked at NASA for thirty-two years for various contractors through the move of equipment in various buildings throughout Houston to the present site in Webster, Texas. He then continued to work through all of the flights including the end of the Shuttle Program. He retired and moved to managing a wine-grape vineyard near Rising Star, Texas for nine years. While there, Hank was commissioned by the pastor to serve as an Adult Acolyte to help the priest manage the four parishes he was pastor of.

After a move to Brownwood, Texas, Hank volunteered at the VA Clinic as a driver of a van shuttle to and from the VA Hospital in Temple, Texas.  He then became the Co-coordinator of the service and did so for five years until our move to Livingston, Texas in March of 2009.  He was a father of five girls and married for fifty-seven years to the same lady.

He is survived by his wife, Jo Ann Clafferty of Livingston; daughters, Elodie Jo Gasca and husband, Lupe of Deer Park, Kelly Ann Gonzales of League City, and Colleen Marie Montague of Katy; grandchildren, Brent Clafferty, Michelle Rives and husband, Bryan, Jessica Gonzales, Ashley Montague-McChesney and husband, Shad, Christina Montague, Taylor Surratt, Tyler Surratt, and Taryn Surratt; great-grandchildren, Avery Rives, Jackson Rives, Everett Rives, Alexander McChesney, and James McChesney; and brother, Mike Clafferty and wife, JoAnn; along with numerous other relatives and friends.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation in memory of Mr. Clafferty. https://fundraising.alzfdn.org/projects/in-memory-of-william-henry-hank-clafferty-jr/ Alzheimer's Foundation of America 322 8 ^th Ave. New York, NY 10001