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Claude Lincoln Clifton

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Claude Lincoln Clifton

Birth
Martin County, Indiana, USA
Death
24 Oct 2002 (aged 94)
Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Claude Lincoln Clifton of Bedford, IN, died Thursday, October 24, 2002, at his son's residence in Bedford. He was born on July 13, 1908. He married Genefern Newland, and she survives.

Surviving with his wife are one son, Newell Clifton of Bedford, IN; one sister, Clone Quackenbush of Indianapolis; three grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Grace Clifton (his twin) and Fern Ison, and one grandson, Jeff Clifton.

He was a retired school teacher, having taught for 25 years in Martin, Lawrence, Orange, and Tipton counties in Indiana. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, serving as a sergeant during World War II.

Services for Claude Clifton will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday, October 28th, at Cresthaven Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Cresthaven Memory Gardens with military graveside rites accorded by members of the American Legion Hanson McFee Post #61 of Shoals, IN. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Sunday at Cresthaven Funeral Home, where the Masonic Memorial service will be conducted at 7 p.m. Sunday evening. Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church in Bedford.
Claude Lincoln Clifton of Bedford, IN, died Thursday, October 24, 2002, at his son's residence in Bedford. He was born on July 13, 1908. He married Genefern Newland, and she survives.

Surviving with his wife are one son, Newell Clifton of Bedford, IN; one sister, Clone Quackenbush of Indianapolis; three grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Grace Clifton (his twin) and Fern Ison, and one grandson, Jeff Clifton.

He was a retired school teacher, having taught for 25 years in Martin, Lawrence, Orange, and Tipton counties in Indiana. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, serving as a sergeant during World War II.

Services for Claude Clifton will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday, October 28th, at Cresthaven Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Cresthaven Memory Gardens with military graveside rites accorded by members of the American Legion Hanson McFee Post #61 of Shoals, IN. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Sunday at Cresthaven Funeral Home, where the Masonic Memorial service will be conducted at 7 p.m. Sunday evening. Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church in Bedford.


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