GEORGE CLIFTON

1923 - 2014

George Rasmus “GR” Clifton, beloved husband of May Clifton, passed away in Taber on Monday, November 24, 2014 at the age of 91 years.
A service was held at the Hays Cemetery on Friday, November 28, 2014 at 1:00 P.M.
Relatives and friends were invited to a wake, as requested by GR, at the Hays Community Centre, Hays on Friday, November 28, 2014 between 1:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M.
Besides his loving wife of sixty eight years May (nee Richardson), GR is survived by his children Dale (Janet) Clifton of Hays and their children Randy (Susanne), Wendy, Shawna (Don) and Jamie (Jennifer); Kathy (Keith) Wolfer of Hays and their children Bryan (Marcie), Casey (Barry), Lynn (Randy) and Jen (Spencer); Linda (Stuart) Braaten of Hays and sons Kelly (Jean) and Wesley (Christine); Peggy (Jim) Garrett of Hays and their sons Chad (Elisabeth) and Tyler; Robert “Bob” Clifton of Hays and his son Jed (Ericka); Helen Clifton (friend Glenn) and her daughters Trina (Brian) and Ashley (friend Greg). He is also survived by forty great grandchildren, fifteen great great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
GR was born on February 4, 1923 in Del Bonita to Freeman and Mary Clifton, the fifth and final addition to their family. Following in the footsteps of his three brothers Dad joined the army in June of 1941. After basic training, he was sent overseas spending seventeen months in Sicily, seventeen months in England and nine months in Western Europe (Holland) before being sent back home and discharged in October 1945. Dad received a number of medals during his service but the one he was most proud of was the Holland Appreciation Medal received when he returned to Holland to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the liberation of Holland. In 1946 Dad met and married May Richardson. In 1953, after a few years of moving around, they settled in Hays where the government was offering homesteads to veterans and spent the next sixty plus years there raising their family. In August of this year Dad and Mom moved to Taber where he resided until his passing.
If friends so desire, memorial tributes in GR’s name may be made directly to the Hays Cemetery Fund, Box 116, Hays, Alberta T0K 1B0.