Jonathan Joseph CLIFTON

                   BIRTH: Information from Doris Mebius, his sister, dated 12/93.  Confirmed by
George and Leanna.

MARRIAGE:  Information from Doris Mebius and confirmed by George and Leanna.

George and Leanna spend from October 1 to May 1 at the following address:602 N. Victoria, RV # 443, Donna, TX  78537.  Home Address is:  Box 123,
Huron, SD 57350 Information from George and Leanna with letter adding more
information in file. George and Leanna are members of United Church of Christ.
She spells Fern with an E at the end, that is George's mother.

George CLIFTON
Birth Date: 18 Oct 1925
Death Date: 31 Aug 2005
Social Security Number: 503-18-7225
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: South Dakota
Death Residence Localities ZIP Code: 57350 Localities: Broadland, Beadle, South Dakota Huron, Beadle, South Dakota Huron Colony, Beadle, South Dakota James Valley, Beadle, South Dakota Lake Byron, Beadle, South Dakota

Name: George W Clifton
Age: 21 Gender: Male
Spouse: Hazel Leanna Thompson
Marriage Date: 22 Jun 1947
Marriage County: Jerauld
County of Residence: Jerauld Post Office: Wess, Sprgs

From Ancestry:
Name of Deceased: George Clifton Age at Death: 79 Birth Date: abt 1926 Death Date: Aug/31/2005 Newspaper Title: The Plainsman Newspaper Location: Huron, SD, US Obituary Publication Date: Sep/3/2005 Locations Mentioned in Obituary: Huron; Rogers, AR

The Plainsman, Huron, Beadle, South Dakota, September 7, 2005
George Clifton, 79BY George Clifton, 79, of Huron, died Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005, at St. Marys Hospital at Rogers, Ariz.His funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. this morning at the Congregational United Church of Christ with the Rev. Brian Grover officiating. Burial will be at Restlawn Memory Gardens Cemetery with military rites by the Huron Veterans Council.Friends may call prior to the service at the church this morning.Pallbearers will be David and Brian Ferry, Brandon and Spenser Wipf, and Mike, Kim and Tom Mebius.

The Plainsman, Huron, Beadle, South Dakota, September 7, 2005
George Clifton, 79BY George Clifton, 79, of Huron, died Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005, at St. Mary Hospital at Rogers, Ark. (Arizona)His funeral will be Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at Congregational United Church of Christ with the Rev. Brian Grover officiating. Burial will be in Restlawn Memory Gardens Cemetery with military rites by the Huron Veterans Council. Visitation will be Monday afternoon and evening at the Welter Funeral Home or prior to the service at the church.George William Clifton was born Oct. 18, 1925, at Wessington Springs to Jonathen and Ferne (McFarling) Clifton. He attended school in Wessington Springs. On June 22, 1947, he married Leanna Thompson at rural Wessington Springs.He worked at Habichts in Wessington Springs and served in the Air Force from 1946 to 1947. He returned to Wessington Springs and farmed for two years. He worked for Martin Beach on a REA line construction crew and lived throughout South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming and Montana during those nine years. He settled in Huron in 1954. He worked for Charlie Burmood and Walt Ball at the Huron Airport until 1967 and continued to work for the City of Huron part time at the airport plowing snow in the winter and mowing in the summer. In 1967 he began his job at State Police Radio as a dispatcher and retired in 1987.He loved to go to Lake Byron and built a home there in 1973. After his retirement he began going to Donna, Texas, for the winter months. He has spent the last four summers at Rogers.He was a member of Congregational United Church of Christ, a 59-year member of the American Legion, 40 et Eight and the South Dakota Peace Officers Association.He enjoyed jigsaw puzzles, biking, boating, playing shuffleboard and traveling.He is survived by four children, Georgiana (Charles) Ferry of Yokohama, Japan, Gary of San Leandro, Calif., Loren of Haley, Idaho, and Lesa (Nolan) Wipf of Hitchcock; four grandsons, David and Brian Ferry and Brandon and Spenser Wipf; a special friend, Irene Little, of Rogers; two sisters, Marcella Leonard of Burlingame, Calif., and Doris (Myron) Mebius of Plankinton; and several nieces and nephews.He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife in 1995, and a brother, Jackie.
                  

                   BIRTH:  Information from Fern and Jack Clifton

DEATH:  Information from Fern and Jack Clifton.