Clayton Oliver CharleboisNov. 15, 1917 - April 25, 2009Clayton Oliver Charlebois, 91, of Albany died Saturday at his home.Clayton was born in Minot, N.D. to Leo P. and Alma (Jacobson) Charlebois. He was raised in Minot and graduated from St. Leo's High School in 1935.He served in the Army Air Force from 1942 to 1946 in the 227th battalion in Okinawa. He then went to work for Great Northern Railroad which later became Amtrak. Clayton was willing to try anything connected to the railroad business from inspecting and minor repairs to working with the engine crews. He retired from the railroad in 1978.Clayton married Margaret Klobes on Dec. 28, 1940, she passed away in 1960. Then on May 19, 1993, he married Marjorie Steinberger in Hawaii.Clayton enjoyed hunting, fishing, bowling, the outdoors and taking drives in the country.Clayton is survived by his wife, Marjorie; son Richard of Fargo, N.D.; daughter Mary Margaret Richer of Cannon Beach; eight grandchildren; and 16 great- grandchildren. He was preceded in death by daughter, Barbara C. Worley in 1999; stepson Mark Forgarty; and sister Virginia Gorgenes in 1987.A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. on Thursday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Albany. A service in North Dakota will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Thompson-Larson Funeral Home in Minot with a burial to follow at Rosehill Memorial Park. AAsum-Dufour Funeral Home is handling the arrangements (
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