Asher resident Denver L. "Dan" Claytor died Saturday at his home. He was 71.
Claytor was born Jan. 17, 1929, to Ed and Effie Claytor in Fordwick, Va. He served in the U.S. Army for 27 years during the Korean conflict and two terms in Vietnam. He retired in 1970 with a sergeant's first class ranking.
He taught ROTC at the University of Oklahoma and taught disabled adults at St. Gregory's College before retiring in 1970.
He married Dalene Cockett in 1950. They were married 27 years. He married Yvonne Tipton of Asher on Sept. 29, 1982.
He also owned Claytor Janitorial Service.
Survivors include his wife, Yvonne Claytor, Asher; brothers and sister-in-law, Doug and Ida Claytor, Clifton Forge, Va., Linwood Claytor, Norfolk, Va., and Jim Claytor, Augusta Springs, Va.; sisters and brothers-in-law, Elsie Doyle, Stanton, Va., Drucilla and Win White, Charlotte, N.C., Edna and George Hams, Stuarts Draft, Va., Naomi and Bill Sprouse, Waynesboro, Va., and Corrine Thomas, Virginia Beach, Va.; children and their spouses, J.D. and Donna Claytor, Del City, Tracie and Rex Osborne, Longview, Wash., Mike and Lisa Claytor, Fort Smith, Ark., Lee and Nan Claytor, Shawnee, David and Jamie Claytor, Asher, Cynthia and Donnie Wrigh, Larry and Rita Alexander and Smokey and Penny Tipton; 17 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Ed and Effie Claytor.
Military rites will be 9 a.m. Wednesday at Johnson's Cemetery, Shawnee. Memorials may be made to the VFW.
