DAYTON, Donald D. 1937-2008

DAYTON, ZINN, LINDNER, JACOBSON, SMITH, LANGE, GREENE

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 11/4/2011 at 12:00:32

Donald D. Dayton, 71, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, November 6, 2008, at Windhaven Retirement Community of the Western Home Communities. Donald was born April 9, 1937 in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Ralph & Lillian (Zinn) Dayton.

He married Gloria Lindner October 10, 1959 in Waterloo and they later divorced. He married Sandra K. Jacobson August 23, 1986 in Cedar Falls. She preceded him in death September 12, 2002. Don worked in the foundry at John Deere & Company in Waterloo, retiring December 22, 1989, after 30 years of service. He was a member of UAW Local 838.

Survivors include his son, Mark (Lavonne Snitker) Dayton of Cedar Falls; two daughters, Denise (Kevin) Smith of Cedar Falls, Lynn Lange of Lansing, Iowa; four stepchildren, Colette Beatty of Cedar Falls, Melvin Beatty, Jr. of Kansas, Kelvin (Leslie) Beatty of Arizona and Colleen (Jeff) Brooks of Kansas; thirteen grandchildren, two great grandchildren; his Mother, Lillian Dayton of Cedar Falls, and his sister, Sonja (Lawrence) Greene of Arizona.

Don was preceded in death by his father and his wife.

Services will be 1:30 p.m. Monday, November 10, 2008 at St. John Lutheran Church with burial at Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens, both in Cedar Falls. Visitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, and for one hour prior to service time at the church. Memorials may be dircted to the American Diabetes Association or the American Heart Association

[Source: Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home]

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