Clarence “Happy” Clifton (1992)
ASHBY, CHINCHOLL, CLIFTON, ELLIS, FULLMER
Posted By: Kent Transier
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:02:57
The Osceola Sentinel-Tribune
Osceola, Iowa
Thursday, May 28, 1992
Page 2, Column 6Clarence “Happy” Clifton, 96, of Osceola died May 23, 1992, at Osceola Leisure Manor.
Surviving Mr. Clifton is a daughter, Jean Chincholl of Aurora, Colo.
Services for Mr. Clifton are at 1:30 p.m. today (Thursday) at Kale Funeral Home in Osceola with the Rev. Neville Clayton officiating. Burial is in Maple Hill Cemetery at Osceola.
_______________________The Osceola Sentinel-Tribune
Osceola, Iowa
Thursday, May 28, 1992
Page 3, Column 2CLARENCE ‘HAPPY’ CLIFTON
Clarence “Happy” Clifton, son of Charles and Vinnie Ellis Clifton, was born in Madison County on March 5, 1896, and died May 23, 1992, at Osceola Leisure Manor in Osceola at age 96.
He married Hazel Ashby on March 21, 1923, at Des Moines and they were the parents of three children, Keith, Mary and Jean. They celebrated 64 years of marriage.
The couple farmed in Clarke and Warren counties in the Groveland area. He loved the rural life with the animals and land it included. He was a good husband and father.
He was preceded in death by his parents; son, Keith Clifton; daughter, Mary Clifton Fullmer, brother, Willis; sister Marie and a grandchild, Nancee.
Mr. Clifton is survived by his daughter, Jean Chincholl and her husband, Fred, of Aurora, Colo.; son-in-law, Paul Fullmer of Waukee; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; three sisters-in-law and a brother-in-law; several nieces and nephews as well as other relatives and a host of friends.
Services for Mr. Clifton are at 1:30 p.m. today (Thursday) at Kale Funeral Home in Osceola with the Rev. Neville Clayton of Osceola officiating. Musical selections will be Whispering Hope, In The Garden and The Old Rugged Cross by Jean Hurd, organist.
Casket bearers are Jim Taylor, Jim Mason, Dallas Clifton, Jim Chincholl, Jamie Smith and Dennis Clifton.
Interment will be in Maple Hill Cemetery in Osceola.
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