CRAFTON, Walter

CRAFTON, CLEMENS, PICKERELL, BROWN, JONES, RETTIG, SNOOK, WESTON

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Date: 6/13/2020 at 11:26:30

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Walter Crafton

Walter Crafton, 78, died Tuesday, March 23, at Van Buren County Memorial hospital, Keosauqua.

He was born June 19, 1892, the son of Richard and Mary Jane Clemens Crafton. He was married Nov. 9, 1917, at Fairfield, to Bertha Pickerell.

Surviving are his wife; five sons, Robert of Davenport, Kenneth of Cedar Falls, Roy of Bettendorf, Paul and Leonard, both of Birmingham; five daughters, Mrs. Mildred Brown of Davenport, Mrs. Joann Jones and Mrs. Marilyn Rettig, both of Burlington, Mrs. Marjorie Snook of Fairfield and Idora Crafton of Keosauqua; 21 grandchildren; two brothers, James of Wayland and Clarence of Birmingham; one sister, Mrs. Clara Weston of Oklahoma City, (OK).

Funeral services were held Friday, March 26 at 2 p.m. at the Burch Funeral Home in Birmingham with the Rev. Millard Marshall officiating. Burial was in Maple Hills cemetery in Birmingham.

Source: "Slutts Book", Page 442, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA