CLIFFORD L. VANNATTA, 92, of Sioux City, Iowa, passed away Sunday evening, August 14, 2016 at Cherokee Specialty Care in Cherokee, Iowa.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, August 18th, at 2 p.m. at the First Church of Christ in Cherokee. Pastor Tom Lewis will officiate. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Cherokee, Iowa. There will be a family prayer service at 1:45 p.m. at the church on Thursday. Visitation will be on Wednesday from 2 p.m. until 7 p.m. with the family present from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home at Cherokee, Iowa. Online condolences can be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com

Clifford was born on June 28, 1924 at Cherokee, Iowa to Pearl & Myrtle (Gleason) Vannatta. He graduated from Cherokee Wilson High School in 1942. He was married to Marion Bugh on May 26, 1950 at Cherokee, Iowa. He had worked for the Illinois Central Railroad for 25 years; Williams TV and KSCJ Radio Station in Sioux City; drove gas transport for Saunders Oil, drove truck for Sioux Transportation, and Yellow Freight, retiring in 1986. He had been a resident of Sioux City the past 60 years and prior to this had lived in Eagle Grove for a short time and was originally from Cherokee. Clifford was a member of the Crescent Park United Methodist Church in Sioux City. He also belonged to a Ham Radio Operators Club and MARS (Military Affiliated Radio Systems). He liked to tinker with electrical and mechanical components. He could fix almost anything and he loved to roller skate.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Marion in 1988, three brothers LuVerne Robert, and Darrel Vannatta; brothers-in-law Kenneth Patten, Jim Bugh, Kenneth Bugh, Cecil Lovell and Buster Jenness; sisters-in-law Dorothy Jenness and Alice Bevins.

He is survived by his four children: Teresa (Greg) Herbold of Pierson, Iowa; Mike Vannatta of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Paula (Martin) Appelt of Sioux City, Iowa; Sharon (Lynn) Norman of Breda, Iowa; 12 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; two sisters: Darlene Patten of Cherokee, Iowa; Beverly (Harold) Heschke of Cherokee, Iowa; five sisters-in-law: Dolores Vannatta of Cherokee, Iowa; Delores Vannatta of LeMars, Iowa; Linda Vannatta of Cherokee, Iowa; Marge Tedemanson of Antioch, Illinois; Marguerite Lovell of Antioch, Illinois; also several nieces and nephews.