Carol Clayton
Friday
21
February

Vistiation

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Friday, February 21, 2025
Gallaway & Crane Funeral Home
101 South Finley Avenue
Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
Saturday
22
February

Funeral Mass

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Saturday, February 22, 2025
St. James Church
184 South Finley Avenue
Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States

Obituary of Carol L Clayton

Carol L Clayton of Basking Ridge, NJ, passed away at home on February 1, 2025. She was 94.

 

Mrs. Clayton was born in Newark, NJ, on October 10, 1930, the daughter of Mildred and Henry Arnsdorf and the step-daughter of Paul Farmer. Carol spent most of her early years in Maplewood, West Orange, and Madison. She attended Emma Willard School in Troy, NY and Pembroke College at Brown University. As a teenager, she met her husband Bill on a canoe outing in Lake Mohawk, NJ. After their marriage in 1951, they traveled to many Air Force bases in the US and on to their last stop in Frankfurt Germany where their first child was born.

 

She was predeceased by her husband Bill of 62 years. She was also predeceased by her brothers Henry and Donald Arnsdorf, her sister Barbara Collins, her stepbrother Channing Farmer, and her son Andrew.

 

Carol loved spending time with her ever-growing family and always looked forward to regular visits to Skytop Lodge and Quechee, Vermont.

 

She is survived by her 5 children: Robin (William) Roach, Kathleen (late David) Clayton, Kevin (Lisa) Clayton, Susan (Glenn) Starkman, and Christopher (Carolyn) Clayton. She also leaves behind 13 grandchildren: Jessica (Brian) Hess, Ryan (Jessica) Haselton, Todd (Christie) Haselton, Meghan (Robert) Fallah, Lauren (Colin) Vorhies, Brendan (Arianna) Roach, Patrick Clayton, Alexander Starkman, Taylor (Philip) Gray ,Emma Clayton, Grace Clayton, Chelsea Starkman, and Will Clayton. Lastly, she leaves her 12 great grandchildren: Georgia, Macailagh, and Maeve Hess; Lily and Avery Haselton; Oliver and Isabel Haselton, Grace Fallah, Owen Vorhies, Liam and Miles Roach; and Coco Gray.

 

Visitation will be held Friday, February 21, 2025 from 4-6 p.m. at the Gallaway and Crane Funeral Home, 101 S. Finley Ave, Basking Ridge. Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday February 22, 2025 at St. James Church, 184 S. Finley Ave, Basking Ridge, NJ at 11:00 a.m.

 

Donations may be made to the Carol and William L Clayton Scholarship Fund, Lehigh University, 27 Alumni Memorial Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015.

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