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Minnie J. <I>Newburn</I> Clifton

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Minnie J. Newburn Clifton

Birth
Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA
Death
9 Jul 1992 (aged 76)
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
Plot
Glenhaven section
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Oregonian, The (Portland, OR) - Sunday, July 12, 1992

A memorial service for Minnie Clifton, a Southeast Portland resident, will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Mt. Scott Funeral Home Chapel. Private inurnment will be in Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery.

She died of heart disease Thursday in a Portland hospital. She was 76.

Mrs. Clifton was born Dec. 28, 1915, in Missouri, where she grew up. Her maiden name was Newburn.

After her marriage to Wayne Clifton, she moved to Portland in the early 1940s. He died in 1964.

Mrs. Clifton worked 25 to 30 years for White Stag and Hirsch-Weis, making clothes and other goods. She also was a homemaker.

Survivors include her daughters, Carolyn English of Portland and Jean Hesse of Vale; sons, Wayne J. of Eugene and James E. of Portland; sisters, Augusta and Frona, both of Missouri; brother, Clarence; 13 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

A son, Kenneth Charles Clifton, died in the Vietnam War in 1969.

Edition: FOURTH
Section: OBITUARIES
Page: E06
Index Terms: Obituary
Record Number: 9207120257
Copyright (c) 1992 Oregonian Publishing Co.
Oregonian, The (Portland, OR) - Sunday, July 12, 1992

A memorial service for Minnie Clifton, a Southeast Portland resident, will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Mt. Scott Funeral Home Chapel. Private inurnment will be in Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery.

She died of heart disease Thursday in a Portland hospital. She was 76.

Mrs. Clifton was born Dec. 28, 1915, in Missouri, where she grew up. Her maiden name was Newburn.

After her marriage to Wayne Clifton, she moved to Portland in the early 1940s. He died in 1964.

Mrs. Clifton worked 25 to 30 years for White Stag and Hirsch-Weis, making clothes and other goods. She also was a homemaker.

Survivors include her daughters, Carolyn English of Portland and Jean Hesse of Vale; sons, Wayne J. of Eugene and James E. of Portland; sisters, Augusta and Frona, both of Missouri; brother, Clarence; 13 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

A son, Kenneth Charles Clifton, died in the Vietnam War in 1969.

Edition: FOURTH
Section: OBITUARIES
Page: E06
Index Terms: Obituary
Record Number: 9207120257
Copyright (c) 1992 Oregonian Publishing Co.


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95842941/minnie_j-clifton: accessed ), memorial page for Minnie J. Newburn Clifton (28 Dec 1915–9 Jul 1992), Find a Grave Memorial ID 95842941, citing Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA; Maintained by NOMDEPLUME (contributor 47117241).