Fri, 01/22/2021 - 8:50am
On Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, Jerry Don Clayton, child of God, loving husband, and father of two children, passed away at age 82 from complications due to COVID-19.
Jerry was born on Dec. 26, 1938 in Olney, Texas to Gilbert and Celia (Brumley) Clayton. In 1956, Jerry was selected to attend the United States Congressional Page High School in Washington, D.C. He graduated in 1957. Jerry continued his education at Colorado School of Mines and Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas.
In 1958, he met the love of his life, Phyllis Jane Dickens, and they were married on June 14, 1959 in Golden, Colorado. Jerry and Jane were inseparable and happily married for 62 years.