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Subject: Walton, Mary Jane
Date: 13 May 2005 16:07:14 -0600

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Surnames: Walton, Van Tyne, Friend, Locher, Benedict, Geiger
Classification: Obituary

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Mary Jane Walton (Van Tyne) Walton, age 76, passed away on Friday, April 2, 1999 in Jackson, Tennessee. She was born on October 24, 1922 in Elkhart, Indiana, the daughter of Frank and Hilda (Friend) Van Tyne. She was raised in Kalamazoo and attended Nazarene Catholic School. Her summers were spent at Gun Lake growing up at her grandma Lochers'. She was united in marriage to Albert Edward Walton on July 6, 1943. He preceded her in death on Fevruary 25, 1976. They moved to Gun Lake after the death of her grandma. She rented out cottages and fishing boats (which became known as Walton's Resort) while her husband Ed worked at Middleville Engineering. She was a life member of the Hastings O.E.S. and the united Methodist Church in Bolivar, Tennessee, (Where they moved to in 1963 when Middleville Engineering moved there). Mrs. Walton is survived by her children, Dave and (Sherry) Benedict of Wayland, Ron and (Christy) Geiger of Freeport, David Walton of Grayling, Bill Walt!
on of Middleton, Tennessee; 13 grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren; many nieces and nephews; one brother, Vernon Van Tyne of California; special friends, Don Blair and Judy Russell of Middleton, Tennessee. Graveside Services were held Tuesday, April 6, 1999 in Bolivar, Tennessee with Reverend David Cooper officiating.
(Transcribed from Hastings "Reminder" of April 13, 1999)
(Transcriber is not related to this person.)

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