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Dr. Stokes was born in Louisville, Nebraska on April 2, 1931, and attended Cass County School before graduating from Nebraska City High School in 1950. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict.
After discharge, he attended Peru State College where he received the BA degree, He began his teaching career at Brock, Nebraska where he served as a high school teacher and principal.
Stokes became high school principal at Sidney High School in 1959, then served as Superintendent at Essex, Guthrie County, and Stuart-Menlo, Iowa. He retired from the Iowa Department of Education in 1997, where he served as a Regional Consultant, Accreditation Consultant, and School Improvement Specialist.
Dr. Stokes never married and his parents, Guy L. and Esther (Murdoch); sister, Flora Mae; brothers, Donald and Ted Sr.; and cousins, Cecil Murdoch, Lavonda McAfee (Murdoch), and Alice Diedrichsen (Kruger-Murdoch) preceded him in death. Several nieces and nephews, great nephews, and great-great nephews survive, as well as many cousins, Darlene Thorne (Murdoch) of Nehawka, Nebraska, and Carolyn Murdoch of Manley, Nebraska.
Memorial contributions can be addressed to Shriners Children's Hospital,
https://donate.lovetotherescue.org/give/119312
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Marvin Hrubes
July 23, 2024
Cliff was my mentor as a consultant at the Iowa Dept of Education. He was serving the region of AEA 7 back then, of which La Porte City was in that area plus my family lived there. So we often had him over for supper when he was in the area. I can remember him riding around our town with us when my young son had a paper route. He always got a chuckle out of that. I had tried to find out where he lived after he retired without success until I saw his obit today. Sorry that he had passed when I read this.
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