Farewell services for Clayton L. Gaines will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 18, at Wyatt Park Baptist Church. The family will gather with friends from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to Wyatt Park Baptist Church, American Heart Association, or American Red Cross.
Clayton L. Gaines, 64, St. Joseph, died Jan. 14, 2019, at Mosaic Life Care.
He was born May 18, 1954 to Elton Leroy and Martha Jean (Brewer) Gaines in Bethesda, MD. He grew up on a farm in Sheridan Township in Daviess County.
Clayton graduated in 1972 from Penney High School in Hamilton and Chillicothe Area Vocational Technical School in 1974.
He married Peggy Frazier on Aug. 2, 1974, in Hamilton; she survives of the home.
Clayton worked at John Deere Consumer Products with Stuart Mosier and Jim Meade. He struck out on his own for 20 years. His last four years, he worked at Gray Manufacturing.
He was a member of Wyatt Park Baptist Church and was an organ donor.
Survivors include his parents; one daughter, Sara; brothers, Mark and Chuck Gaines (Debbie); sister, Carol Henderson (Doug); and four grandchildren.
