Henry T. Clayton

Henry T. Clayton, 94, a retired business owner, passed away Saturday, March 31, 2007.

Funeral Mass: 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church, 1200 S. Davis Drive. Interment: will follow at Moore Memorial Gardens. Rosary: 7 p.m. Monday at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church. The family will receive friends following the rosary.

Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be made to the American Cancer Society and to the Serra Club of Arlington, P.O. Box 121808, Arlington 76012.

Mr. Clayton was born in 1912 in Bridgeport, Conn. He worked through World War II supporting the war effort production of aircraft.

Following the war, Mr. Clayton owned and operated The Hat Box Night Club & Restaurant in Danbury, Conn., for several years. He returned to the aircraft industry at Chance Vought Aircraft. When Chance Vought moved to Grand Prairie in June 1948, he relocated to Arlington.

Mr. Clayton worked at Chance Vought until going into business for himself. He was the owner of Quinn Sheet Metal for 25 years before retiring.

After retirement, he traveled extensively and divided his time between living in Costa Rica and the United States.

He was a member of St. Williams Parish, which became St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church. In recent years he was very active in Catholic organizations, including the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre and the Serra Club of Arlington, of which he was past president, and St. Maria Goretti Leisure Club. He was a life member of the Arlington Elks Lodge, and also a member of the Chance Vought Retired Employees Club.

Mr. Clayton passed away at Town Hall Estates where he had received sympathetic care for the last month. He had resided happily at Broadway Plaza at Pecan Park Assisted Living for over three years.

Special thanks to Dr. Brian Caplan and the staff of both Town Hall Estates and Broadway Plaza at Pecan Park for their caring assistance.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 68 years, Winifred; and his daughter, Cathy Davis.

Survivors: His son, Dr. Thomas J. Clayton and his wife, Anna of Arlington; daughter, Carol Clayton Finley of Fairfax, Va.; grandchildren, Eric Clayton and Andrea Clayton Price and husband, Cole Price, Catherine and Mary Margaret Finley; great-grandchildren, Gabriel Lucas Busch and Michael Price; and sister, Mildred Clayton Cocozza.