Clyde W. Sare

Clyde W. Sare, 78, former state representative from Washington County and a prominent Bartlesville businessman, died Sunday morning in Bartlesville.
Sare was born April 9, 1936 in Bartlesville and was a 1954 graduate of College High School.
He was elected twice to the Oklahoma House of Representatives, in 1958 and again in 1960. He served as Vice Chair of the House Constitutional Amendment Committee (1959-60) and Chair of the House Reapportionment Committee (1961-62).
Sare's long career in Bartlesville included ownership of a real estate brokerage firm, C.W. Sare & Co., for a number of years. In 1977, he and Mrs. Sare founded the Acorn Storage Center in Bartlesville, at a location on Comanche Street. Today, Acorn has several storage locations in Bartlesville and one in Branson, Missouri.
Sare's survivors include his wife, Pat, of Bartlesville; his brother and sister-in law, Harold and Mary Lou Sare of Stillwater; his son, John Sare, of New York City; his daughter Crystal Sare of Bartlesville and Crystal's grandchildren Izzabella, Judah and Magnolia; and his daughter and son-in-law, Angel and William Rigg and their children, Patrick and Megan, of Bartlesville.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Lucian Victor Sare and Bertha Vickers Sare, also of Bartlesville, and his brother, Dale Sare. His mother was the first among several Vickers sisters who moved to Bartlesville in the 1920s to teach in the local schools, and his extended family includes his brothers' children and grandchildren as well as the numerous members of the Nora Mitchell, Hazel Covington, and Esta Mae (Osborne) Blackburn families.
In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to Journey Home Hospice, 3406 SE Kentucky St., Bartlesville, OK 74006, www.thejourneyhomeok.com.
A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, February 10 at 2 p.m. at the Grace Epworth United Methodist Church, 706 E.3rd Street, located east of the old county courthouse near downtown Bartlesville. Interment will be private at Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Carter Davis and the Davis Family Funeral Home. Online condolences and remembrances may be shared at www.DavisFamilyFuneralHome.com