Orville Harry Clay

Beloved husband, father and friend, our Orville Harry Clay, age 85, died on September 13, 2018.

He was born February 2, 1934 in Independence, Kansas. He served in the Korean War and earned teaching degrees at Long Beach State College. He lived in Long Beach and Laguna Beach, California, Hawaii and Oregon. The family moved to Williams, Oregon in 1974.

Some of his great loves were sailing, flying, building large structures, his many dogs, and family. He was a prolific and well-known potter working in Laguna Beach, CA and Williams, OR. He was an artist, teacher of history and ceramics, and an avid reader-accumulating a large home library.

He will be missed by his wife of 56 years, Elizabeth Anne Clay, daughter Anna Brynn Clay, son O. Holden Clay, sister Karen Sue Gilkison and a brother, Douglas Lee Clay.

Orville died while at a local adult care facility.

Per his wishes, there have been no services.