Submitted by: Dan Rich

South Bend Tribune 1/31/1994

Leonard M. Clayton

June 18, 1918-Jan. 30, 1994

MISHAWAKA - Leonard M. Clayton, 75, of 423 Calhoun St., died at 8:26 a.m. Sunday in his home of natural causes. Mr. Clayton retired in 1977 from Bendix Corp., South Bend, after 44 years of service. He was born June 18, 1918, in Jasper County, Ind., and lived in Mishawaka most of his life. On May 31, 1940, in South Bend, he married Esther M. Slabaugh. She survives with two daughters, Patricia Geyer of South Bend and Karen Phillips of Mishawaka; two sons, Robert M. of Crystal River, Fla., and Michael A. of Mishawaka; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. He was a veteran of World War II.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Bubb Funeral Chapel North, 3910 N. Main St. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home.