Wilton Earl Clayton Jr. Obituary (1934

Wilton E. Clayton 87 of Saint Pete Beach, Florida, died Wednesday, September 22, at his home in the Rossmoor community of Monroe Township. Wilton was born in Trenton and lived in Monroe Township for 65 years before moving to Saint Pete Florida. Mr. Clayton had owned and operated the Jamesburg Hardware/Appliance/Home Furnishing retail store in Jamesburg for many years before retiring and handing over the business to his two sons Jeffrey and Gary Clayton. Wilton had earned a B.A. degree from Rutgers University and from 1966-1975 was an elected member of the Monroe Township Board of Education. He was predeceased by his parents, Wilton Earl Clayton Sr. and Gladys Stults Clayton and his sister Carol Aaronson. Surviving are his wife of 67 years Joan May Tamburello, daughter Leigh Clayton and her husband Richard D. Kemp, his son Jeffrey Clayton, his son Gary and his wife Pamela, his brother Barry Clayton and his wife Betty Ann, nieces, Christine, Sandra, Wendy, his nephew Peter, his grandchildren Melissa, Tracy, Christopher Jennifer, Victoria, Russell, and his great-grandchildren, Wilton, Elsie, Mia, and Carter. A private burial is scheduled for Friday at Old Tennent Church cemetery in Manalapan Township. There will be a gathering of family and friends on Thursday, September 30, from 5p-8p at the Lester Memorial Home 16 W. Church Street, Jamesburg, with a minister service at 7pm. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Deacon's Food Pantry c/o Jamesburg Presbyterian Church, 179 Gatzmer Avenue, Jamesburg, NJ.