Arthur Jay Walton

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Arthur J. Walton Sr., apartment 3B, Henry Drive, Jermyn, died Tuesday in Moses Taylor Hospital. He was the husband of the former Bertha Mae Walker, who died in 1976.

Born in Scranton, son of the late Howard and Eva Nelson Walton, he was employed by Moffat Coal Co. and was later by Dearborn Glass Co., Jermyn, prior to retirement.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Judith Goodrich, Carbondale RD, and Mrs. Nancy Hoffpauir, Dickson City; two sons, Arthur J. Jr., Montgomery, N.Y., and Howard, Carbondale RD; 12 grandchildren; a great grandson; a sister, Mrs. Doris Elmira, N.Y.; nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Robert and Howard Jr., and five sisters, Mrs. Hazel Luckus, Mrs. Evelyn LaBar, Mrs. Mildred Clum, Mrs. Mary Lysak and Mrs. Jean Sherman.
(The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pennsylvania, Jan 8, 1992, page 8)

Arthur married Bertha Mae Walker on 5 Feb 1932 in Peckville, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. Bertha (daughter of Charles Archibald Walker and Bertha May Hutchins) was born on 16 Nov 1914 in Blakely, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; died on 2 Feb 1976 in Carbondale, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; was buried in Sandy Banks Cemetery, Spencers Corners, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]