Anthony B. Clayton

Anthony Broxholme Clayton, age 83, of Wilmington, DE, passed away on Sunday, August 20, 2023.
Tony was born in Solihull, England in 1940, the only son of the late Arthur Kenneth and Elsie Clayton. He attended King Edwards School in Birmingham and went on to study at Brunel University while working at Glaxo Laboratories in Greenford, Middlesex. After leaving there he finished his undergraduate degree at the University of Aston in Birmingham and then obtained his Ph.D. in organic chemistry at the University of Birmingham.
While working at Glaxo he met his future wife, Cynthia, and they were married in 1963. In 1965, they came to the United States where Tony was working on a post-doctoral fellowship at Cornell University. After two years at Cornell, Tony and Cynthia moved to Wilmington where Tony was employed by the former Hercules, Inc. where he was a research chemist for 30 years.
Tony was a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi and the former Hercules Country Club. He was a keen sportsman and played rugby, cricket and soccer in England and golf and tennis in the US. He had many interests besides sports among which were traveling and exploring new places, gardening and woodwork. Tony and Cindy enjoyed traveling to visit their families in Seattle, WA, Charleston, SC, and Tampa, FL. They also had memorable trips to other countries including Ireland, Italy, Australia and New Zealand and numerous visits to their native homeland, England. They also loved cruising to the Eastern and Western Caribbean islands, Alaska, the Panama Canal, and the Hawaiian Islands.
Tony loved to grow flowers and vegetables which he enjoyed sharing with family and friends.
Tony is survived by his loving wife of almost 60 years, Cindy; his sons, Darrell (Elana) of WA, Derrick of SC, and Andrew (Katrina) of DE; and his daughter, Robin Andrews (Jeff) of FL. He is also survived by his grandchildren, Tyler and Avery Clayton; Ciana Hoxie (Mat), Mason, Darley and Kerr Clayton; Broden and Kalianna Clayton; and Ashley, Sidney, Hailey and Clayton Andrews. He is also survived by a number of cousins in England.
Friends and family are invited to visit from 3:00-4:30pm on Friday, August 25, 2023 at the Doherty Funeral Home, 3200 Limestone Road, Wilmington, DE 19808, where a funeral service will begin at 4:30pm. Interment will be held privately with his family.
The family would like to thank the doctors, nurses, therapists and aides at both ChristianaCare in Newark and Select Specialty Hospital in Wilmington for the kind and loving care they provided for Tony.
In lieu of flowers, the family encourages memorial contributions be made in Tony's name to the charity of your choice.
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