Julius A. LeClaire age 83, of Clinton, Missouri, passed away Friday, November 27, 2009, at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. Memorial services will be 11:00 A.M. Friday, December 4, 2009 at Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton, Missouri. Family suggests memorial contributions to V.F.W. or American Heart Association and can be left in care of Vansant-Mills Funeral Home. Fond memories may be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.

He served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He was a truckdriver.

Survivors include his daughters, Terry Thomas of Clinton, Julie LeClaire of Spencerville, Ohio, Linda Winfrey of Independence, Missouri, Edith Schrills of Warsaw, Missouri and Mashell Price of Calhoun, MO., and his sons, Danny LeClaire of Calhoun and Gilbert LeClaire of Independence, Missouri, and stepson Ernest LeClaire of Independence, Missouri; eleven grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.