Sandra Jean Clifton, daughter of the late William Oxford and Marion Kirkwood Oxford, was born on April 12, 1945 in Santa Ana, California and departed this life on Saturday, December 16, 2017 at her residence near Essex, Missouri at the age of 72.

Mrs. Clifton had worked for many years in the Essex area as a babysitter, was formerly a sales clerk at Cedar Valley Discount in Essex and a cook at Hickory Log Restaurant in Dexter.

On April 20, 1963, she was united in marriage to Floyd Wilmer Clifton at Camp Pendleton, California and to this union four children were born.  Mr. Clifton preceded her in death (eight hours prior to her passing) on December 15, 2017.

Survivors include, two sons and their wives, Charles and Janet Clifton of Grassy and Daniel and Sherry Clifton of Dexter; by one daughter and her husband, Sharon and Thomas Shaffer of Chaffee; by four grandchildren, Kaylena Tucker, Howard Clifton, Shyann Clifton and Sarah Haney; by one great-grandchild, Noah Lubbers; by two brothers, Bill Oxford of San Diego, California and Dan Oxford of Trinidad, Colorado; and by one sister, Maryann Burlingame of Fargo, North Dakota.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one son, Howard Clifton.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter from 11:00 A. M. until 2:00 P. M., Thursday, December 21, 2017. 

Funeral services will then be conducted at 2:00 P. M. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter. 

Interment will follow in the Bloomfield Cemetery.