Clara A. Horton

Claire passed away peacefully at St John’s Hospice on September 4, 2012 at the age of 92. She courageously battled congestive heart failure and COPD. Claire was a World War II veteran serving as sergeant in the WAC where she ran the motor pool in Maryland. Over the course of her life, she worked as a home maker, nurse’s aide, a hair dresser, and a school cook. She was born in Grand Rapid, MN and lived in Michigan, Utah, Washington, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Colorado.

Survivors include her daughter, Valerie Horton; her sisters Betty Baldwin and Alice Erickson, and her brother Vern Hafar; and her grandchildren: Richard Horton, Andrea Marshall (Horton), and Reina Hirose-Horton; and her great grandchildren, Skye, Maeta, Ellie, and Lewis. She was preceded in death by her husband, Milton Thomas, and sons Bruce Wayne and Gary Douglas Horton.

A service will be 1:00-1:30p.m. Monday, Sept 10th at Caley Ridge Assisted Living (9350 E Caley Ave, Englewood). Her final resting place will be beside her husband at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis. Memorial donations may be made to the any hospice or to the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation, Dept 560, Washington DC 20042-0560. Condolences may be offered at www.Olingerchapelhill.com.