Clayton F. Dietrich, 83, of rural Ladora, died on Tuesday, June 14, 2005, at Brookhaven Nursing Home in Brooklyn. A private family graveside service will be held at a later date at the Ohio Cemetery near Ladora. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be directed to the Marengo Memorial Hospital. Smith Funeral Home of Victor is handling arrangements. He was born on November 1, 1921, near Ladora, Iowa, to Ferdinand and Etta Pearl Fuller Dietrich. He was raised in the Ladora area and graduated from Ladora High School with the class of 1940. He served with the U. S. Army in Europe, Africa and the Middle East during World War II. On August 28, 1946, he was married to Lois G. McKusker at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. The couple farmed near Victor and later moved to their present farm southeast of Ladora. He has lived at the Brookhaven Nursing Home in Brooklyn since February of 2005. He was a charter member of the Victor Telephone Co-op and a member of the Farm Bureau. Survivors include his wife, Lois Dietrich of rural Ladora; one son, Daniel Dietrich of Marengo; one daughter, Donna (Terry) Stewart of Rochester, Minnesota; one brother, Harold Dietrich of Victor; and one sister, Betty Dietrich of Victor. He was preceded in death by his parents and one son, David.