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Clifton Talley

Clifton Talley, 87, Vel-

va, ND, formerly of Minot

and Lansford, ND, passed

away Wednesday, October

12, 2022, in his home.

Clifton was born Febru-

ary 27, 1935, the son of

Walter and Marie (Mosolf)

Talley, in Minot. He was

raised and educated in

Lanford, ND, graduating

from Lansford High

School.

He married Kay Olurich

and to this union four

children were born, Clin-

ton, Leighann, Joe and Ka-

rin. He was to married to

Betty Erickson and to this

union one child was born,

Royce. He then married

Carol Fardon.

He farmed around the

Lansford area and was a

custom combiner. He also

drove truck for multiple

trucking companies. In

his younger years, he rode

horses with the Ghost

Riders.

Clifton was a member

of Christ Lutheran

Church, Moose Club, Elks

Club, Masonic Lodge, and

Sons of Norway.

He enjoyed playing pi-

nochle, water skiing, trav-

eling, watching the Min-

nesota Twins and Vikings

his two favorite teams and

keeping his yard nice.

Clifton was a hand-

worker and could be

found tinkering with dif-

ferent automobiles and

helping in the local com-

munities.

His loving family in-

cludes: Daughters,

Leighann (Luis) Douglas

and Karin (Peter) Meade;

Sons, Clinton, Joe (Marie)

and Royce (Krista) Talley;

6 grandchildren; 3 great-

grandchildren; Brothers,

Rolland and Denise Tal-

ley; Sister, Joan Meyer;

Sisters-in-law, Janice Tal-

ley, Linda Talley and Jane

Talley; and numerous

nieces, nephews and

cousins

He was preceded in

death by his parents; a

grandchild; brothers,

Manuel (Doris), Lavern

(Murial), Curtis and Jim

Talley; sister- in-law, Mar-

lyn Talley; brother-in-law,

Bob Meyer.

Funeral: Saturday, Oc-

tober 22, 2022, at 11 a.m.

at Christ Lutheran

Church, Minot, ND.

Interment: Sunset

Memorial Gardens, Minot,

ND.

Visitation: Friday, Oc-

tober 21, 22 from 5 to 7

p.m. at Thompson-Larson

Funeral Home, ND.

The service will be

livestreamed for the pub-

lic to view and can be ac-

cessed by going to the

Christ Lutheran Church

website: https:

//vimeo.com/event/

2510651

Those wishing to sign

the online register and

share memories may ac-

cess the online obituaries

section at (www. thomp-

son larson.com).