Walton, Edna Arvilla (1923-2015)
WALTON, ALLEN, OLSON, SCHOSSOW, SAWYER, BAILEY
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 11/21/2015 at 13:20:28
Edna Arvilla Walton
June 3, 1923 - October 31, 2015Pomeroy, formerly Everly, Iowa—Edna Arvilla Walton, a daughter of Ray and Amelia (Olson) Allen, was born on June 3, 1923, in Clear Lake, Minnesota. Her childhood years were spent in the Albert City, Iowa, area where she received her education, graduating from Albert City High School.
Edna married Boyd Walton on January 19, 1942, in Dakota City, Nebraska. After their wedding, they lived in Everly where she helped her husband operate a corn shelling and trucking business for over fifty years. She, also, decorated cakes throughout the years and spent many hours in her garden. A member of Hope Lutheran Church in Everly, she, also, belonged to the Ladies Aid Society. For the last seven years, she resided at the Pomeroy Care Center in Pomeroy, Iowa.
Edna passed away on Saturday, October 31, 2015, at the Pomeroy Care Center at the age of 92. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Boyd, in 1998; two sons, Larry and Ronnie Walton; one sister, Gladys Schossow; one brother, Herbert Allen; one daughter-in-law, Cheryl Walton; one grandson, Michael Walton; and one great-granddaughter, Michaela Olson.
Edna is survived by one son, Darrel Walton, of Everly, Iowa; two daughters: Sharon Sawyer, and her husband, Ken, of Humboldt, Iowa, and Judy Bailey, and her husband, Don, of Pomeroy, Iowa; eleven grandchildren; several great- and great-great-grandchildren; one brother, Gene (Myrtis) Allen, of Albert City, Iowa; and one sister-in-law, Jan Allen; as well as other relatives and friends.
SERVICES: 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, November 3, 2015, at the Warner Funeral Home in Everly, Pastor Dan Taylor officiating.
CASKET BEARERS: Bill Bailey, Brett Bailey, Scott Sawyer, Steven Sawyer, Jeff Walton, Randy Walton.
VISITATION: One hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
MUSIC: "One Day At A Time," "The Old Rugged Cross."
INTERMENT: Lone Tree Cemetery, Everly, Iowa.
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