Ada Loretta Dayton, 102 of Pittsburg, KS died at 5:20 a.m., Friday, November 6, 2009 at Cornerstone Village in Pittsburg, KS.
Ada was born June 9, 1907 in Oran, MO to Leo and Anna (Shoat) Halter. She attended area schools in Oran, graduating from Oran High School.
On January 30, 1928, she married Lt. Maxwell Freeman Dayton. He preceded her in death on August 10, 1944.
Ada was a homemaker and later worked for J.C. Penny’s until she retired.
Ada was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Pittsburg.
Ada was an original charter member of Wilson Alexander American Legion Auxiliary Unit #306.
Ada is survived by her six grandchildren Scott Joseph Dayton of Dripping Springs, TX, Kenneth Dayton of Stigler, OK, Patty Dayton Harbour of Lake Quivira, KS, Tom Dayton of Pittsburg, KS, Dan Dayton of Indianapolis, IN and Gene Dayton of Pittsburg, KS and six great-grandchildren Casey Harbour of Duncan, OK, Clare Dayton of Indianapolis, IN, Meaghan and Conner Dayton both of Pittsburg, KS, Chad Dayton of Oklahoma City, OK and Ryan Dayton of Dallas, TX.
She is preceded in death by her parents, sons Gene P. and Scott L. Dayton, sisters Marcella Kehmke and Elizabeth Rogers, brother Buster Halter and grandson Max Dayton.
Mass of Christian burial will be 1:00pm, Monday, November 9, 2009 at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church with Fr. John Hay as celebrant. Burial will follow in Highland Park Cemetery in Pittsburg, KS. The family will receive friends from 7-8 p.m. on Sunday at Bath-Naylor Funeral Home, 522 S. Broadway, Pittsburg, KS, where a rosary will recited at 7 p.m. Friends may call the funeral home after 4 p.m. on Sunday. E-mail condolences may be left at our Web site www.bathnaylor.com. The family suggests expressions of sympathy be in the form of memorials to St. Mary’s Colgan Fund. Memorials may be left at or mailed to Bath-Naylor Funeral Home of Pittsburg, KS.
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