Mr. Clinton Wasser passed away Sunday, November 23, 2008, at his home in Lompoc.

Clinton was born November 11, 1915 to Howard H. and Edith Goodding Ayres Wasser in Phoenix, Arizona. He was raised and educated in Arizona. He received an ABS in Botany and Range Ecology from the University of Arizona at Tucson and a MS degree from the University of Nebraska. He began teaching at Colorado State University in Fort Collins in 1938 and was Dean of Forestry for some years and then taught again until retiring in 1981.

Clinton was an avid reader and considered knowledge his most valuable possession. His greatest pleasure was spending time in the Alpine region of the Rocky Mountains. He enjoyed traveling and recently traveled to Africa and the Galapagos Islands. He was a docent in the garden of the La Purisima Mission where he taught visitors about the various plants and how they were used. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Lompoc.

Clinton is survived by his wife of eight years, Fern Mitchell Wasser of Lompoc, sons Allyn S. Wasser of Pueblo West, Colorado and Clinton W. Wasser of Colorado Springs, Colorado, his step children, Karl Hees of Hilo, Hawaii, John Hees of Oroville, California, Bill Hees of Chico, California, Judy Heywood of Kelseyville, California and James Mitchell of Moorpark, California, his sister Ruth Solomon of Nampa, Idaho and six grandchildren, Teri, Vonna, Janelle, Edward H. Jr., Clinton W. Jr, and Miki, nine great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren. His first wife Lillian Quine Wasser, his son Edward Howard Wasser and his brother Allyn A. Wasser preceded him in death.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, December 6, 2008, at 11 am at the First Presbyterian Church of Lompoc, 1600 Berkeley Drive in Lompoc. Cremation will be followed by inurnment in the Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins, Colorado at a later date. Memorial donations may be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Lompoc. Arrangements are under the direction Starbuck-Lind Mortuary.