MERIUM J. WALTON
MERIUM J. WALTON OF ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI, WAS BORN FEBRUARY 23, 1923, IN GRANITEVILLE, MISSOURI, A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JAMES ARTHUR AND ANNA (FRANCIS) RAMSEY. MERIUM DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HER RESIDENCE ON JULY 11, 1999, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SEVENTY-SIX YEARS, FOUR MONTHS AND SIXTEEN DAYS.
MERIUM WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO THE LATE JESSE B. WALTON ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1967, IN POTOSI, MISSOURI.
MERIUM IS SURVIVED BY ONE DAUGHTER, LINDA CROSBY OF ST. LOUIS, ONE BROTHER, JAMES RAMSEY AND WIFE LORETTA OF MARYLAND HEIGHTS, TWO SISTERS, EDNA RIEHL OF NORTH KANSAS CITY, ANNA BELLE BREITENSTEIN AND HUSBAND JOHN OF ST. CHARLES AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND SPOUSE SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE BROTHER, WILLIAM O. RAMSEY AND ONE SON-IN-LAW, RICHARD CROSBY.
MERIUM ALWAYS ENJOYED THE CHANCE TO TRAVEL WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY WOULD ARISE AND FAMILY GATHERINGS WERE ALWAYS A JOY TO HER. A FAVORITE PAST TIME OF MERIUM WAS CROCHETING GIFTS FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SHE WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED FOR HER CARING HEART AND KIND WORDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1999, FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1999, AT 1:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE CHAPEL WITH REVEREND ROBERT BULLOCK OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN NEW MASONIC CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, ALAN RAMSEY, COLLEEN BREITENSTEIN, SHARON KRUCHOWSKI, HERMAN NICHOLS, JIM HAGER AND LARRY FRANCIS.