Kenneth A. Clifton, 89

HUBBARD – There will be services at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Stewart-Kyle Funeral Home for Kenneth A. Clifton, 89, of Mt. Everett Road, who passed away Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Health Center.
Kenneth was born Aug. 15, 1917 in Hubbard, the son of William and Hannah Wells Clifton, and was a lifelong area resident.
He was 1936 graduate of Hubbard High School and a 1943 graduate of Sterling College in Sterling, Kan.
He was a power and fuel engineer at U.S. Steel Products in McDonald for 39 years, retiring in 1979. He was a 72-year member of the Liberty Presbyterian Church, where he had served as an elder, a trustee, chairman of the congregation and Sunday school teacher. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps, serving during WWII and a 61-year member of Wick Masonic Lodge (St. Albuns).
He was a scout master for Troop No. 85 of Liberty, district chairperson for the Western Reserve Council and also received the Silver Beaver Award and the Wood Badge. He was also the commissioner of Troop No. 42 in Liberty. He was a member of the Western Reserve Woodcarvers, Round Table Woodcarvers, Liberty Senior Citizens, Saturday Night Group and Wagon Wheel Trailer Club.
He leaves his wife, the former Wilda C. Berndt, whom he married July 26, 1947; three sons, Russ Clifton of Hubbard, Ron Clifton of Boardman and Timothy Clifton of Struthers; two daughters, Lynn (Michael) Vittorio of Boardman and Laurie (Charles) Mitchell of Maumee; two brothers, Morgan Clifton of Liberty and David Clifton of Yuma, Ariz.; four grandchildren, Amanda, Rachel, James and Christopher; and three stepgrandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers, John Clifton, Noble Clifton, William Clifton and Robert Clifton; and four sisters, Mable O’Rourke, Gladys Stegman, Rachel McClelland and Mary Shaffer.
Calling hours will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home with Masonic services at 8 p.m. Friday.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Liberty Presbyterian Church, 1451 Churchill-Hubbard Road, Youngstown, OH 44505 or the Boy Scouts of America Greater Western Reserve Council, 4930 Enterprise Drive, Warren, OH 44481.
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