Obit of Giyer, Clinton Clarence - Craig County, Oklahoma

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::Greenlawn Memorial Park--Bakersfield CA

Giyer, Clinton Clarence

Graveside services will be held Monday, June 11th, 9:00 a.m., at 
Greenlawn Memorial Park, 3700 River Blvd. Brian Murphy will 
officiate. Clinton C. Giyer was born in Vinita, Oklahoma, on March 
15, 1919. He and his family raised livestock and made molasses. He 
left Oklahoma to work in the Tennessee lead and zinc mines when he 
was 17. Seeing that there was no future in doing the type of work 
that a mule would turn its head away from, he left and moved to San 
Diego and started his 55 year career as a welder. He passed the Hart 
welding certification when he was 25 and began to work in the San 
Francisco shipyards. Later he would go to Hanford, WA to work on the 
Atomic bomb project, and do similar work in Oakridge, TN. Feeling 
homesick and looking for a place in California that would remind him 
of Oklahoma, he settled down in Bakersfield, CA. He married at 31 to 
Audrey C. Taverner and started a family. Clinton was a self employed 
welder who took great satisfaction in doing the job right. He worked 
at the Tosco refinery for 27 of his 55 year career. He would always 
say that if you do not have any money then you are poor, but if you 
cannot keep your word then you have nothing. He was a proud man who 
believed that a person should always do what was right. If a person 
did not know what the right thing was, he would be happy to tell 
them. He was proud to work with the union and felt this country was 
built by the welder and there should be a statue made to show that. 
With the loss of his wife and his only daughter in the last 12 
months, it made it very difficult for even a strong man as Clinton to 
keep going. He lived long enough to see his first grandson's wedding. 
"He was my hero when I was a boy. I used to call him Pipi. I am proud 
to say I know how to weld. I will miss him very much. He will be 
missed by many. Take care grandfather." Visitation will begin Sunday, 
June 10th, from 2-8:00 p.m., at Greenlawn Memorial Chapel. Clinton 
Clarence Giyer March 15, 1919 - June 5, 2007 Greenlawn Mortuary

Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 6/8/2007.
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