Rev. Clarence Hentze Stucke 90 passed away January 17 2013 at the Heritage at Lowman. Funeral services for Clarence Hentze Stucke were held at 2 p.m. Monday January 21 2013 at Reformation Lutheran Church 1118 Union Street Columbia SC 29201. The family did receive friends from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm prior to the service. Interment was at 4:00 pm Monday at Colony Lutheran Church cemetery 48 Colony Church Road Newberry SC 29108. After the interment the family did again receive friends in the Crossen Fellowship Hall. South Carolina Synod Bishop Herman Yoos and Rev. Jim Nichols did officiate. Born in Charleston SC he was the son of the late Clarence Henry Stucke and Caroline Hentze Stucke. Rev. Stucke graduated from Newberry College in 1943 and the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in 1945. He served the following congregations as pastor: Fairfax Parish Fairfax SC; St. Phillips Newberry SC; Faith Batesburg SC; Mission Developer of first Pastor of Transfiguration Cayce SC; St. Paul Decatur GA; Redeemer Savannah GA; and Colony Newberry SC. After forty-two years of active parish ministry Rev. Stucke retired. He then served as the interim pastor for several churches in the South Carolina Midlands area. He became a member of Reformation Lutheran Church after serving there as interim pastor. While serving as pastor for nineteen years at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Savannah Georgia Rev. Stucke served on various synodical operational committees and as a district dean. He was a chaplain to the Port City Lions Club the Chatham Artillery the Savannah Volunteer Guards and the First Regiment of Georgia. He served as president of the Memorial Medical Center volunteer chaplains and was chaplain of the German Heritage Society where he was a charter member. He also served for several years as the Islands Fire Department chaplain and drove the fire truck. Rev. Stucke retired from the Army Reserve and the National Guard as a Lieutenant Colonel after twenty-five years of service. Those who knew Rev Stucke admired his zest for life sense of humor and his deep religious devotion. He inspired and comforted many during his long ministry. His legacy lives on in both his pastoral flock and his family. Rev. Stucke is survived by his wife of sixty-seven years Dorothy McLeod Stucke; one daughter Lynn S. Springs of Chapin SC; two sons Gregg L. (Ann) Stucke of Alpharetta GA; Carl H. (Claudia) Stucke of Decatur GA; grandchildren Jennifer S. (Dave) Leininger of Summerville SC; Stephen A. (Alison) Springs of Seneca SC; Clare S. (Russell) Steen of Atlanta GA; Katherine A. Stucke of Columbus Ohio; and four great-grandchildren. Active pallbearers were Stan Senn Roy T. Hancock Katherine Stucke David Leininger Stephen Springs and Dan Masterson. Memorials may be made to the Reformation Lutheran Church Organ Fund; the Colony Lutheran Church Bus Van Fund; Newberry College Office of Institutional Advancement 2100 College Street Newberry SC 29108; and the Clarence H. Stucke Endowed Scholarship Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary 4201 N. Main Street Columbia SC 29203. The family expresses their appreciation to the staff at the Heritage at Lowman and Lutheran Hospice for their compassion and care for Rev. Stucke. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.whitakerfuneralhome.com. Whitaker Funeral Home of Chapin is assisting the family.