----Source: Greenwood Library Scrapbook Collection

MARSHFIELD NEWS HERALD 11/10/1948

GEORGE W. ALTON FUNERAL TUESDAY
FORMER RESIDENT OF GREENWOOD, 82, DIES IN MILWAUKEE FRIDAY

Greenwood--Funeral services were conducted Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock at the Schiller Funeral Home for George W. Alton, 82, Milwaukee, who died in Milwaukee Friday, Nov. 5, 1948. The Rev. Lee H. Holmes, Methodist minister, officiated at the rites and interment was made in the Greenwood Cemetery.

Mr. Alton, son of the late Charles and Rose Alton, was born in Eau Claire March 27, 1866, and was married in Greenwood, Clark County in 1893 to Sadie Pfeiffer. The Altons lived in Greenwood until the children completed their education, Mr. Alton working as a mason and cook.

From Greenwood the Altons went to Park Falls, where Mr. Alton operated a restaurant. For the past 14 years they lived in Milwaukee.

Surviving are three sons, George Jr., Montana, and Harry and Earl, both of Milwaukee a daughter, Mrs. Thelma Lamkin, Milwaukee and three sisters, Mrs. Mary Borigo, Portland, Ore. Mrs. Ella Cummings, Glendive, Mont. and Mrs. Kate Livsay, Milwaukee. There is a grandchild and a great-grandchild.

A daughter, Elda, died in Greenwood at the age of 11.