Obituary of Clinton Ogden France

Clinton O. France March 6, 1937 - March 15, 2024

Clint passed away March 15, 2024, in Ogden, Utah.

He was born in Stevensville, Montana, March 6, 1937. He was the youngest of the ten children of Frederick Herman France and Stella Viola Tait. The family later moved to Hamilton, Montana, where he grew up and attended school.

As an adult he lived and worked as a truck driver and then a baker for Eddie’s Baking Company in Missoula, Montana. He also served as a U.S. Army Reservist there. He transferred with Eddie’s to Ogden, Utah and moved his young family for better education opportunities for his son, Brett.

He married the love of his life, Genee Harrington Love, in December 1971, and helped to raise her boys.

Clint and Genee moved their family to Phoenix in 1972 where he worked and retired from the Rainbo Baking Company. They moved to Mesa in 1985; Genee worked a few more years. Clint became the handyman and landscaper for neighbors within the Apache Wells community, making lifelong friends there, as well as their church and RV community while traveling the country with their trailer and kitty.

Clint is survived by his children, Toni Flinn (Randy) and Darrin France (Julie); and Genee’s children, Michael Love, Shawn (Amber) Love and Brian (Tina) Love, 16 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his eternal companion, Genee, parents, siblings, son, Brett and grandson, Cyrus.

Funeral services will be held at Meldrum Mortuary, 52 N. Macdonald, in Mesa, Arizona, on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at 11 a.m. Friends may call one hour prior to services. Interment will be at the Valley of the Sun Cemetery, 10940 E. Chandler Heights, Chandler, Arizona