Clifford Calvin Nesselrode Jr.

Mr. Clifford Calvin Nesselrode Jr. Mr. Clifford Calvin Nesselrode Jr., 94, of Bartlesville, died at 6:49 P.M. Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at the Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville. Services for Mr. Nesselrode will be held at 1 P.M. on Friday, November 4, 2011 at the St. Luke’s Episcopal Church with Father T. Lee Stephens officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory. Mr. Nesselrode was born at Kansas City, Kansas on September 21, 1917 to Clifford Calvin and Ella Clarissa (Allen) Nesselrode. He grew up in Kansas City and graduated from Wyandotte High School. He then attended the University of Kansas and then the University of Missouri at Kansas City where he received his Bachelors Degree. He was married to Camilla Scott in 1941 in Kansas City and she preceded him in death in 1984. Mr. Nesselrode served with the United States Air Force as a Lieutenant Colonel from 1940 to 1945 and then recalled to active services from 1950 to 1951.Mr. and Mrs. Nesselrode made their home in Kansas City where Mr. Nesselrode was involved in the banking industry until his retirement in 1984. Active in community activities he was Past Chairman of the Board & President of the Kansas Bancorporation, the Wyandotte Bancorporation, the Kansas Mortgage Company, Past Director & Chairman of the Executive Committee of Kansas Pipeline Co., Chairman of the Board of Aspen Cattle Co and Aspen Energy Corporation, Director of the Commonwealth General Insurance Co., Director of Heart of America Fire & Casualty Co., and Director of GasTrak Holdings, Inc. Services on Boards of Kansas City, Kansas Board of Public Utilities, Kansas City, Kansas Community College and Port Authority of Kansas City, University of Kansas School of Business, Bethany Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, Kaw Council of Boy Scouts of America, Past President of Kansas City, Kansas rotary Club, Past Director of Kansas City Area Chamber of Commerce, Past Senior Warden of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of Kansas City, Kansas, Past Director of Urban League of Kansas City, Kansas and Life member of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He was married to Betty Denyer at the St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Bartlesville on May 5, 1987. They made their home between Kansas City and Bartlesville moving to Bartlesville in 1989. He was a member of the St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, the Bartlesville Noon Rotary Club and volunteered in various local activities. Mr. Nesselrode is survived by his wife, Mrs. Betty Nesselrode of Bartlesville, one son, Scott Clifford Nesselrode of Jerome, Arizona, one daughter, Camilla Nesselrode Whitright and husband Keny of Colorado Springs, Colorado, his wife’s children, Michael Hilliard Denyer and wife Ann Creel Denyer of Idaho Falls, Idaho, Laura Denyer Post of Puerta Penasco, Sonora, Mexico and Mark Thomas Denyer and wife Kerry of Bartlesville and thirteen grandchildren. PDF Printable Version

Clifford Calvin Nesselrode Jr.

September 21, 1917 - November 1, 2011