Morgan Leon "Whitie" Dalton, age 85, died Sept. 18, 1997 at the Alpine Care Center in Pleasant Grove, Utah from causes incident to age.
He was born May 27, 1912 in Circleville, Utah to Morgan Peadon Dalton and Ida Dalley Dalton, one of 10 children. He married Ila Barlow, later divorced. From this marriage was born one daughter, Daria Dean Tarrant, deceased. She is survived by two daughters, Cynthia and Angela. He married Ethel Norton on May 27, 1937 in Junction, Utah. Their marriage was solemnized in the St. George Temple on April 13, 1963. She died April 21, 1986. From this marriage are surviving daughters, Dolores Morgan, her husband, George, Salt Lake City and three children, Melinda, Mitchell, and Russell and NanNell Robison, her husband, Kent, Orem and her children, Kelli Herlevi and husband, Rick, Brandi Hawkins and her husband, Jason, Landon, serving an LDS Mission in the California Arcadia Mission, and Bryan. One great-granddaughter, Summer Ethel Herlevi, is named after her great-grandmother, Ethel. He married Thelda Anderson in August 1988. She died in July 1990.Whitie was raised in Circleville where he lived until after his beloved Ethel's death. He and Thelda lived in Richfield and after her death he lived in Crosslands Retirement Center in Sandy until his declining health made it necessary for him to move to Colonial Manor in Lehi, and later to Alpine Valley Care Center in Pleasant Grove.
He was an active member of the LDS Church and held various positions in the Cicleville Ward. He was a farmer, and retired from UDOT in 1974. He was a member of the Circleville Volunteer Fire Department for 48 years. He was an excellent gardener; his and Ethel's yards were always beautiful, and he worked hard for the Circleville Beautification Committee as well. He loved to see things grow, and loved to go to work with the pruning shears and the fertilizer. Daddy, it has been eleven years for you since Mama died. You have waited long for this joyous reunion. This is a time of joy, not a time of sorrow. The family wishes to thank the Alpine Care Center for their care and concern during these last months, and with a special thanks to Jennifer for her love and kindness to him and the family during this time.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, September 27, 12 p.m., in the Circleville LDS Ward Chapel. Friends may call at the ward chapel in Circleville on Saturday morning from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Burial will be in the Circleville Cemetery. Funeral Directors, Neal S. Magleby & Sons Mortuary, Richfield, Utah.
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