Donald F. Clinton Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Donald Francis Clinton of Chestnut Street in Sugar Notch died Thursday, October 1st. Born 26 October 1917 in Sugar Notch he was a son of the late Thomas and Mary Caffrey Clinton. Following the death of his mother during the 1918 flu epidemic, Don was raised by his father and, from the age of six, his second mother, Mary Barrett Clinton. He was the 1934 valedictorian of Sugar Notch High School and continued his education at Wilkes College and Penn State University. An Army veteran of World War II, Don served in the Pacific Theater when he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service. He was honorably discharged in November 1948 following a reenlistment and more than six and one-half years of service. In 1986, Don retired after a successful career as a manager for Fowler, Dick and Walker, The Boston Store. Mr. Clinton was a member of Holy Family Parish and Sugar Notch American Legion Post 796. Don was devoted to his family, and he will always be remembered for his razor wit, his intelligence and work ethic, his willingness to sacrifice for anyone, and his patient acceptance of his final years of physical decline. Notre Dame will have one fewer avid fan. Brothers, John, James, Thomas and Joseph Clinton preceded him in death. Surviving are his wife of sixty-eight years, the former Margaret Mary Kinney daughter, Maureen and her husband Dr. Mark Stair of Trucksville granddaughters, Susannah and her husband Jay Holderer, Shannon and her husband Brandon Bushong and Erin Stair great grandchildren, Maggie, Jesse and Adam Holderer and Winston Bushong and his feline buddy, AWOL Funeral Mass will be celebrated Monday at 10:00 AM in Church of Holy Family, 828 Main Street in Sugar Notch. Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery in Hanover Township. Friends may call Sunday 3 to 5 PM at McLaughlin Family Funeral Service, 142 South Washington Street in Wilkes-Barre.

Donald F. Clinton

October 26, 1917 - October 1, 2009