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http://www.havenbrookfuneralhome.com/
Graveside services
for CWO/4 Richard Merel Claxton (Ret. USAF) will be held 10:00 A.M., Saturday,
February 12, 2011 at I.O.O.F Cemetery,
1913 North Porter Avenue in Norman, Oklahoma under the direction of
Havenbrook Funeral Home. Memorial Services to be announced at a later date
pending weather and travel considerations.
Richard was born August 18, 1919 in Macomb, Oklahoma to Arthur E. and Chloe Ann
Claxton. He passed away Saturday, February 5, 2011, in Norman, Oklahoma.
Richard graduated from Tecumseh High School in 1938 and enlisted into the United
States Army later that same year.
He served in the European Theater during World War II, attaining the grade of
Master Sergeant. He received his Warrant January 19,1949 and served with
distinction in the Pacific, the United Kingdom, North Africa, Spain, and
Thailand. He served as a Supply Operations Officer for the Oklahoma City Air
Material Area at Tinker. He held many awards and decorations, including the Air
Force Commendation Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster.
He retired in1968 after a thirty year military career and went to work as a
staff employee for the Botany-Microbiology Department of The University of
Oklahoma.
He married his hometown sweetheart, Naomi Virginia McLaughlin of Tecumseh,
Oklahoma. They were blessed with two daughters, Stephanie Claxton and Kimberly
Claxton. Richard and Naomi were happily married for fifty years until her death
in 1994.
Richard is survived by his two daughters, Stephanie and Kimberly both of the
home.
He is preceded in death by his parents; two wives, Naomi Virginia McLaughlin
Claxton and Winnifred Fidler Claxton; brothers, Orval, Oran, Virgil, Glenn and
Warren; sisters, Lucille Paulson and Mildred Newby.
Visitation will be held at Havenbrook Funeral Home from 4:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.,
Thursday, February 10, 2011, 8:00 A.M. - 8:00 P.M., Friday, February 11, 2011
and 8:00 A.M. - 9:00 A.M., Saturday, February 12, 2011.
Online condolences may be made at www.havenbrookfuneralhome.com
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