Grace E. Darner ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

Possible Marriage:

Name: E C Nichols
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date (Formatted): 24 Dec 1946
Event Place: , Randolph, Arkansas, United States
Age: 41
Birth Year (Estimated): 1905
Residence Place: East St Louis, St Clair, Illinois
Spouse's Name: Grace Emma Darner
Spouse's Age: 37
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1909
Spouse's Residence Place: East St Louis, St Clair, Illinois
Marriage License Date: 24 Dec 1946
Page: 611
GS Film number: 2200702
Digital Folder Number: 004309477
Image Number: 00024

Citing this Record:
"Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N9QM-FWY : accessed 04 Mar 2014), E C Nichols and Grace Emma Darner, 1946.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Vandalia, IL on 12 April 1940. ¹

1940 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 26-25, Family 120, Roll 801
Vandalia, Fayette County, Illinois
406 South Fourth Street; home owned, $4000
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Grace Darner..Daughter..21..IL..2 years college
(Living with parents.)
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• Her obituary was published in April 2013 in Vandalia, IL. ² Mrs. Grace E. Walton, 94, of Vandalia, passed away at 3:08pm, Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at her home in Vandalia.

Private services are being held for Mrs. Walton, burial will follow in Fairlawn Cemetery, Vandalia.

Grace was born April 20, 1918, in Vandalia, the daughter of Walter L. and Catheryne F. (Foudry) Darner. She married Wayne E. Walton on June 1, 1952. He preceded her in death on August 9, 2000.

Grace was a teacher in the Vandalia School District and was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Vandalia and a member of the women's Rinky Dink Club.

She is survived by her daughter De Wayne Walton of Vandalia and step daughters Mary Ellen and husband Stephen Poole of Urbana, IL and Linda Walton of Sierra Madre, CA; grandchildren and great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, daughter Elizabeth, and sister Carrie.

• She was buried after 2 April 2013 in the Fairlawn Cemetery in Vandalia, IL.

Find A Grave Memorial #107789562
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Grace married Wayne E. Walton on 1 June 1952. (Wayne E. Walton was born in 1912,³ died on 9 August 2000 ³ and was buried after 9 August 2000 in Vandalia, IL ³.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Their obituary was published. Mrs. Grace E. Walton, 94, of Vandalia, passed away at 3:08pm, Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at her home in Vandalia.

Private services are being held for Mrs. Walton, burial will follow in Fairlawn Cemetery, Vandalia.

Grace was born April 20, 1918, in Vandalia, the daughter of Walter L. and Catheryne F. (Foudry) Darner. She married Wayne E. Walton on June 1, 1952. He preceded her in death on August 9, 2000.

Grace was a teacher in the Vandalia School District and was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Vandalia and a member of the women's Rinky Dink Club.

She is survived by her daughter De Wayne Walton of Vandalia and step daughters Mary Ellen and husband Stephen Poole of Urbana, IL and Linda Walton of Sierra Madre, CA; grandchildren and great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, daughter Elizabeth, and sister Carrie.
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