Lonnie V. Walton ^{1 2}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Obituary: Quad City Times, 22 September 1999, Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States. ² Memorial services for Lonnie V. Walton, 89, of Wilton, will be 11 a.m. Thursday at First Presbyterian Church, Wilton. Private burial will be in Sharon Cemetery, Wilton.

Visitation is 4-8 p.m. today at Bentley Funeral Homes, Wilton, with Masonic services at 7:30 p.m.

Mr. Walton died Monday, Sept. 20, 1999, at Wilton Care Center.

He had farmed in Cedar County.

He was born Dec. 22, 1909, in Cedar County. He was a descendant of early pioneer settlers in Cedar County. He married Clella Fiderlein in 1938 in Muscatine.

A memorial fund has been established.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Jane Watson, Marlboro, Mass.; a son, Vernon, Wilton; four grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and a sister, Belle Hinkhouse, West Liberty.

(Source: Quad City Times, 22 Sep 1999)
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2. Cemetery: Sharon Cemetery, 23 September 1999, Wilton, Muscatine, Iowa, United States. ² Find A Grave Memorial #78690043

Lonnie married Clella Josephine Fiderlein, daughter of George Ernest Fiderlein and Luella Crees, on 1 May 1938 in Muscatine, Iowa, United States.¹ (Clella Josephine Fiderlein was born on 23 January 1916 in Atalissa, Muscatine, Iowa, United States,^{3 4 5 6} died on 7 November 2011 in Wilton, Muscatine, Iowa, United States ⁶ and was buried on 11 November 2011 in Wilton, Muscatine, Iowa, United States ⁶.)

  Marriage Notes:

A wedding dinner, honoring Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie V. Walton, who were married at 4 p. m. Sunday at the manse of the First Presbyterian church here, was given at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Luella Fiderlein at Atalissa at 6 p. m. Sunday. A three tier wedding cake, bouquets of cut flowers and candles, in the bride's chosen colors of green and white, decorated the table. Guests at the dinner were Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Walton, Mrs. Feme Hillman, and Belle Walton of Wilton; Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Lundy, Nevin Hinkhouse and J. M. Shetler, of West Liberty; the Rev. and Mrs. H. E. Dieter, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Shetler and Louis,Chauncie, Shetler, Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Schafnit, Mr. and Mrs. John McColm, Miss Lucille Spilger, Clifford Freyermuth, Mrs. Luella Fiderlein and Louis. Six of the bride's school pupils, Carl Dotson, Leroy Jewett, Lavone and Alma Staley, Betty Newton and Jean Anne Lindle served the dinner, assisted by Mrs. W. A. Smith and Mrs. C. L. Hoverter. Dr. David I. Berger performed the marriage, using the double ring ceremony. The immediate families were present, with Miss Bell Walton, sister of the bridegroom and Louis Fiderlein, brother of the bride, as attendants. The bride's gown was of navy blue lace and she wore a shoulder corsage of white gardenias. Her accessories were white. Miss Walton wore a powder blue dress and white accessories and a corsage of pink roses.

The bride, a daughter of Mrs. Luella Fiderlein, was graduated from Atalissa high school and from the normal training department of Parsons college, Fairfield. For the past three years she has been a teacher in the rural schools of Muscatine and Cedar counties. Mr. Walton, son of Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Walton, is engaged in farming near Wilton, where the couple will reside.

(Source: Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune, 3 May 1938, Page 2)
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