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Visitation:
5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 20,
2023, at the Mt. Pulaski Christian Church
Service:
Thursday, December 21, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. at the
Mt. Pulaski Christian Church
Funeral home:
Peasley Funeral Home, Lincoln
Obituary
Emma L. Clayton, 87, of Lincoln,
formerly of Latham, passed away on Friday, December
15, 2023, at St. Clara’s Rehab and Senior Care
Center in Lincoln.
Funeral Services for Mrs. Clayton will be held on
Thursday, December 21, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. at the
Mt. Pulaski Christian Church with Mr. Casey
McCormick officiating.
Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00
p.m. on Wednesday, December 20, 2023, at the Mt.
Pulaski Christian Church.
Burial will be in the Steenbergen Cemetery in rural
Mt. Pulaski.
Emma Louise Wooden was born January 3, 1936, at the
family home in rural Mt. Vernon, the daughter of Val
and Dortha Puckett Wooden. She was united in
marriage to Dean Perry Clayton on July 29, 1956. He
survives.
Also surviving are her children: Sheryl (Don Peasley)
Wendell and Daryl (Gloria) Clayton; daughter-in-law
Susie (Brian) Roher; six grandchildren: Kaycie
(Ryan) Gibbs, Clayton (Kallie Pettijohn) Wendell,
Chelsey (Zach) Ayers, Cori (Andrew) Ingram, Whitney
(Kyle Shanle) Clayton, and Sarah Clayton;
great-grandchildren: Paige, Trinity, Kolin, Leah,
Eva, Evelyn, Harlyn, Kenzlee, Elliette, Holden, and
Waylan; one brother: Jerry Wooden; two sisters:
Doris Davis and Judy Stewart; and several nieces and
nephews. |
She was preceded in death by
son-in-law Mark Wendell, and her parents.
Emma graduated from the Mt. Vernon High School in
1954. She then attended Lincoln Bible Institute. She
had been employed at Harris and Harris Law Firm in
Mt. Pulaski and at Archer Daniels Midland in
Decatur.
She was a loving mother, grandmother, and
great-grandmother. She loved cooking, reading,
gardening, and fishing vacations in Kentucky,
Missouri, and Minnesota.
Memorials may be made to the Mt. Pulaski Christian
Church.
Peasley Funeral Home of Lincoln is in charge of
arrangements.
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