Joseph R. (Joe) Walton, 92, died May 2, 2011, at Sterling Presbyterian Manor. He was born April 22, 1919, in Kingsdown to Rev. John and Harriet Benton Walton. He was a Sterling resident since 1969, formerly of Deerfield. He worked as a repair engineer in the natural gas industry, a carpenter, and in the electrical plant at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility. He was a member of the Sterling United Methodist Church, and Sterling Silver Threads.
He married Vera Wing on June 6, 1948, in Leoti, she survives. Other survivors include their three children, Dorothea (Dot) LeClerc and husband Steve of Hays; Norma Ooms and husband Wesley of El Paso, Ill.; Roger Walton and his wife Susan of Arlington, Texas. He had eight grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and two sisters, Laura Griffin of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Juanita Weidner of Mesa, Ariz.
Seven brothers and three sisters preceded Joe in death. Visitation will be 5 –7 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at the Birzer Funeral Home in Sterling. Funeral Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 5, 2011, at the United Methodist Church in Sterling with Reverend Marvin Ewertt and Pastor Wesley Ooms officiating. Burial will take place at the Sterling Community Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Sterling United Methodist Church or Sterling Presbyterian Manor in care of the funeral home.
The Lyons News, May 3, 2011

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Parents:
John Walton (1880 – 1961)
Harriet Estella Benton Walton (1882 – 1976)

Siblings:
Paul G. Walton (1903 – 1995)*
Esther Walton Petefish (1908 – 1994)*
Kenneth Merril Walton (1910 – 1998)*
Clarence E Walton (1912 – 1933)*
Harriet E Walton (1918 – 1933)*
Joseph R. Walton (1919 – 2011)
Ralph Eugene Walton (1920 – 1920)*

*Calculated relationship