Clifford Andrew Clifton
Clifford Andrew "Cliff" Clifton, 86, passed away
at his home near Bonners Ferry December 29,
2013.Services were held at 4 p.m. Sunday,
January 5, at Bridgeway Assembly Of God Church.
Interment will be in the Washington State
Veterans Cemetery, Medical Lake, WashingtonCliff was born in Ardmore, Oklahoma, to Marion Andrew Clifton and Thelma Maude Yarnell on April 24, 1927. He married Wanda Dill, October 17, 1970.
Surviving him is his wife of 43 years, Wanda, of Bonners Ferry; their daughter Melissa Wolf, of Chiloquin, Oregon, and Tammy Henshaw of Bonners Ferry. Other step children include two sons and a daughter. They have several grand children and great grand children. Cliff's surviving siblings are two brothers and five sisters.
Cliff worked at Pittsburg steel for over forty years, retired in 1989. Cliff and Wanda loved camping, Cliff loved fishing, hunting, boating, and every year he would have a wonderful garden. Cliff was an out door person, you could always find him in the yard pruning trees, weeding, etc. Wanda said, “He was a wonderful husband, father, friend, and they had many years of traveling the country together, and Cliff never met a stranger.”
Cliff was a veteran of the United States Army, enlisted on September 27, 1950, active duty for two years, and in the reserves until 1956. He was stationed in Stuttgart, Germany, where he was a chauffeur for the Colonel.
Family and friends are invited to sign Cliff’s book at www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Bonners Ferry Funeral Home.