Delbert 'Kay' Compton

WINTER HAVEN - Delbert 'Kay' Compton, 89, passed away on November 7th, 2017.

He was born in Malta, Montana to Herbert and Helen Compton. Kay was the youngest of four boys in the family. He spent his youth working on his family's cattle ranch in Loring, Montana. Kay joined the Air Force in 1945. He served his country for 23 years with tours of duty in Japan, Germany and Tripoli, Libya. After retiring in 1967, at the rank of Master Sergeant, he moved his family to Winter Haven. He spent the next 20 years working for Centrico, providing technical support for centrifuges used in citrus juice proce...