On Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, Clayton (Clay) W. Christison, husband and father of two children, peacefully passed away at age 65 at home.

Clay was born June 24, 1953, in Billings, Mont., to Wayne and Patricia Christison. He graduated high school at Edgar, Mont., in 1971, and spent six years with the Montana National Guard before joining the Billings police force in 1977. Throughout his years, Clay also worked for the Wyoming Highway Patrol, and was an entrepreneur and a finance and sales manager at Krueger RV. Clay had a passion for cooking, gardening, loved "Jeopardy" and was always great at making people laugh.

Clay was preceded in death by his father, Clarence, his mother, Patricia, and stepson Chong. He is survived by his wife, Xiaoying Christison; stepson Xing; two children, Christopher (Heidi) and Justin (Angie); his brother, Leonard (Barbara); nephew Shaun (Lindsay); and four grandchildren, Chelsea, Shaylynn, Cairbre and Daniel.

A celebration of life will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, at Crosspoint Alliance Church, 1330 Powers Ave., Lewiston.