Toledo, Ohio – Clayton L. Border, age 92, of Toledo, died Friday September 7, 2012 at his son’s home in Springfield Township.
He was born February 14, 1920 on a farm north of Bascom, Ohio, the eldest son of Jason and Chloe (Haugh) Border. He was a Toledo resident for 46 years.
A 1937 graduate of Tiffin Columbian High School, Clayton earned his accounting degree from Tiffin University in 1939. He began his business career in Columbus, as an accountant for the State of Ohio. A year later he accepted an accounting position with the Army Air Corps at Wright Field (now Wright-Patterson Air Force Base) in Dayton. Later, he transferred to the Army’s Erie Proving Ground near Port Clinton.
Clayton married Thelma Johnston on January 4, 1942. He joined the US Army in November 1942 at Camp Perry, Ohio. Clayton served as a Staff Sergeant with the 195th General Hospital in France during World War II.
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