John Willett Clendenin, Jr.

BUCKEYE LAKE: John Willett Clendenin,Jr, age 81, of Buckeye Lake, Ohio died Thursday, June 6, 2013, in Newark, Ohio (Licking County) following an extended illness.

He was born in Springville, Tennessee, the son of the late John W. and Margaret E (Nicholson) Clendenin Sr.
John Jr. was the last of his 7 sisters & brothers.

He served honorably in the US Navy as a fire control technician and US Air Force as a bomb navigation repairman during the Korean Conflict; and retired from the Newark AFB after 25 years of honorable service, where he worked in modular repair and the minuteman test area prior to being advanced to production controller.

He is survived by his wife Norma Jean (Rosebraugh) Clendenin, whom he married on March 11, 1966, his children: Kimberly Gunner of Urbana, Ohio and Mark Clendenin of Newark, OH.

At John's request there will be no visitation or services locally.
Private Graveside services will take place at the Dayton National Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio where he will be inurned.

The family prefers that memorials be directed to the Foundation for Hospice of Central Ohio, PO Box 430, Newark, Ohio 43058.
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