- Date Of Birth: October 25, 1935
- Date Of Death: November 21, 2017
- State: Arkansas
Clayton L. ‘Junior’ Chelstrom, age 82, of Salem Arkansas, formerly of Moline, Illinois, passed away, Tuesday November 21st, 2017 at Southfork River Therapy and Living Center in Salem.
Junior was born on October 25th, 1935 in Moline, the first son of Clayton E. and Grace M. (Johnson) Chelstrom. He married Barbara Toland on July 21st, 1957 in Orion, Illinois.
Junior attended Orion High School and graduated from Moline Senior High in 1953. He worked for the former Downing’s Dairy in Rock Island until 1977. He then worked in distribution for Ozark Distributing, Ozark Propane, and Amerigas before retiring in 1999.
In his early years, he enjoyed camping and fishing with family and friends. He could fix or build practically anything; he cleared the land, dug the footings and built his family’s home in Arkansas by hand.
