Hazel Gertrude Lundy Colton (Birth 30 Jun 1898/Death 2 Dec 1986)
Hazel Colton
Hazel Gertrude Lundy Colton, 88, Malad, died Tuesday, December 2, (1986) in the Oneida County Nursing Home.
She was born June 30, 1898, in Des Moines, Iowa, to James Wilson and Julia Gertrude St. John Lundy.
When she was a child, the family moved frequently. She was raised mainly in California, and while there, she worked in fruit-packing plants. When the family moved to Malad, she worked with the telephone company as a switchboard operator.
She married Joseph J. Colton October 1,1917 in Tacoma, Washington. He died May 5, 1976.
She is survived by two sons, La Verne Wesley Colton, Malad; Joseph Stanley Colton, Inkom; three daughters, Mrs. Morris B. (Phyllis) Perkins, Pocatello; Mrs. Gene (Hazel Dean) Barfuss, Ogden, Utah; Mrs. Erliss (Joyce Lorraine) Draper, Fresno, California; 25 grandchildren; 44 great-grandchildren; one great-(great) grandchild, and one brother, Raymond Henry Lundy, Henderson, Nevada. She was preceded in death by her husband, one brother, one daughter and two grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Friday at 11 a.m. in the Malad LDS First Ward chapel with Bishop Sheldon Jensen officiating. Burial was in the Malad City Cemetery.
HAZEL COLTON
MALAD – Hazel Gertrude Lundy Col¬ton, 88, Malad, died Tuesday in the Oneida County Nursing Home.
She was born June 30, 1898 in Des Moines, Iowa, to James Wilson and Julia Gertrude St. John Lundy.
When she was a child, the family moved frequently. She was raised mainly in California, and while there, she worked in fruit-packing plants. When the family moved to Malad, she worked with the telephone company as a switchboard operator.
She married Joseph J. Colton Oct. 1, 1917 in Tacoma, Wash. He died May 5, 1976.
She was a member of the Oneida County War Mothers and the American Legion Auxiliary.
She is survived by two sons, La Verne Wesley Colton, Malad; Joseph Stanley Colton, Inkom; three daughters, Mrs. Morris B. (Phyllis) Perkins, Pocatello; Mrs. Gene (Hazel Dean) Barfuss, Ogden, Utah; Mrs. Erliss (Joyce Lorraine) Drap¬er, Fresno, Calif.; 25 grandchildren; 44 great-grandchildren; one great-grand¬child; and one brother, Raymond Henry Lundy, Henderson, Nev. She was preced¬ed in death by her husband, one brother, one daughter and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Friday at 11 a.m. in the Malad LDS First Ward chapel with Bishop Sheldon Jensen officiating. Friends may call today from 7 to 9 p.m. and Friday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Benson-Horsley Funeral Home in Malad. Burial will be in the Malad City Cemetery.