Lawrence High School Class of 1973

Lawrence, Kansas

Donald Rodney Rayton 1955-1995


Obituary from the Lawrence Journal World - Sunday, October 1, 1995

Topeka Services for Donald Rodney Rayton Sr., 40, Topeka, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Second Christian Church.

Mr. Rayton died Wednesday, Sept. 27, 1995, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka.

Mr. Rayton was born October 23, 1954, in Frenchcamp, Calif., the son of Harry and Freda Morton Rayton.

He was a graduate of Lawrence High School.

Survivors include three sons; Donald Rodney Rayton Jr., Lawrence, Donald Joseph Hinklin Rayton, Topeka, and Cory King; two daughters; April Lynn Rayton and Jennifer Eisle, both of Lawrence; five sisters, Gloria Marshall, Yates Center; Jeanette Thomas, Fort Ord, Calif.; Barbara Barfield, Joyce Muhammad and Alfreda Rayton, all of Topeka; eight brothers, Harry Rayton Jr., Topeka; Leonard Rayton, Illinois; Charles Rayton, Clarence Rayton and Larry Rayton, all of Lawrence; William Rayton, Wichita; Marvin Rayton, Ft. Campbell, Ky; and Gary Rayton, Temecula, Calif.