Alonzo WHARTON

WHARTON, ROSE, HANSON, PARK, MCKAY

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 6/8/2013 at 16:13:30

March 11, 1901 --- April 28, 1977

Alonzo Wharton was born March 11, 1901, at Clarion, Iowa, the son of Thomas J. and Melinda (Rose) Wharton, and moved with his family to Litchfield, Minnesota, in 1918. On April 24, 1931, he was united in marriage to Ruby Hanson. Two children, Gerane and David were born. In 1943 the Wharton family moved from Litchfield to Clarkfield where Alonzo operated the Clarkfield Hatchery until 1963, at which time he became the acting postmaster, retiring in 1965 after a heart attack. He was a former mayor of Clarkfield, a member of the school board and the hospital board, and was an active member of the United Methodist Church as well as the Masonic Lodge. In 1973 Mr. and Mrs. Wharton moved to Brookside Manor in Montevideo. Mr. Wharton passed away April 28 in the Chippewa County Montevideo Hospital.

Survivors include his wife Ruby; son David of Flint, Michigan; daughter Gerane Park of Napa, California; four grandchildren; sister, Florence McKay and brother, Claire Wharton, both of Aitkin, Minnesota. He was preceded in death by his parents; his sisters Iva and Pearl Wharton; and brothers: Robert, Elmer, Martin, Ray and Roscoe.

IN MEMORY OF
ALONZO WHARTON

Born March 11, 1901 ~ Passed away April 28, 1977

Funeral Services
Monday, May 2, 1977, 2:00 p.m.
Clarkfield United Methodist Church, Clarkfield, Minnesota

Officiating
Rev. Harris Halstead
Rev. Gordon Richards

Organist, Mrs. Harold Forsberg

Soloist, Mrs. Henry Hagg
"How Great Thou Art"
"The Old Rugged Cross"

Casket Bearers
Leonard Falkum ~ Raymond Olson
Henry Hagg ~ Darrel Syring
Chester Nelson ~ Ed Wollmuth

Final Resting Place
Clarkfield City Cemetery
Clarkfield, Minnesota

Arrangements by Lynner Funeral Home Since 1891
Clarkfield

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