Early Life
Tonnemaker, weighing in at 11 pounds, was born on June 8, 1928 on a farm near Ogilvie, MN, to Anna Nelson and Frank Clayton Tonnemaker. After his father died when Clayton was 7, he and his mother and sister, Lucille, sold their farm at auction and moved to the town of Rush City, MN. The family later moved to Northeast Minneapolis, and Clayton attended Edison High School.
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