Owen Cleary

Owen Jenks Cleary (February 4, 1900 – September 10, 1961) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.

During World War II, the Governor of Michigan asked him to raise troops to replace the Michigan National Guard which had been called up to serve in the War and Cleary served as a brigadier general.

Cleary was also a lawyer and a candidate in the primary for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan in 1946.

He was candidate in the primary for Governor of Michigan in 1954 and was the last Republican to serve as Secretary of State until Candice Miller took office on January 1, 1995.

Cleary is interred at Highland Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Owen Cleary c. 1955
Cleary family grave plot. Cleary's grave (right of center) is next to his father's (left of center), the founder of Cleary College