Walton, Mrs. W.C. (Ada R. Lantry)

Mrs. W.C. Walton died very suddenly last Sunday afternoon from the effects of a second stroke that occurred at about 10 o’clock Saturday evening. She and Judge Walton had gone to bed and she noticed the electric light on, so she got up to turn it off and fell on the floor. Miss Anna Bertelsen, who has been taking care of her for the past 3 ½ years, was in the kitchen with her sister and heard the commotion. They got her onto the couch and later into bed and sent for her daughter, Mrs. C.T. Farnham, and the doctor. In November, 1902, she suffered a stroke that had left her unable to speak so she had to write everything she wished to communicate. She was still able to write that she thought she was all right. But later what she wrote was unintelligible and she gradually grew more excitable until an oplate was required to calm her down. She never regained consciousness, death coming at 3:30 Sunday afternoon. The funeral was held at 2:30 yesterday afternoon at the residence, Rev. W.H. Underwood officiating.

Ada R. Lantry was born at Saybrook, Conn., Oct. 17th, 1839, and was therefore past 77 years of age. Her brothers, L.L. & V.G. Lantry, came out here in 1867 and took up homesteads just west of town near the big cut, and she came the next year to keep house for them. She was married to W.C. Walton Jan. 29th, 1871, and to them two children were born, Minnie dying at two years of age. Gertrude, now Mrs. C.T. Farnham, is their only child. She leaves one sister, Mrs. Emily Parmelee in Clinton, Conn.

She joined the Baptist church in girlhood, but Mr. Walton’s people were Methodists and she was for many years a very active worker in that church, which was located so near to them. She was a woman of unusual keenness, intellectually, and possessed a sense of humor that made her a most delightful companion while she was able to talk. She will be greatly missed, not only by the husband, who is now left alone in the home after a companionship of over 46 years, but by all who knew her. The sorrowing relatives have the sincere sympathy of the entire community.

Note: Since the actual death date was not given, the news article date was used.

#2-Tribune Blair, Nebraska, 21 March 1917

Mrs. W. C. Walton

Mrs. W. C. Walton, wife of Judge Walton of this city, passed away on last Sunday afternoon, having been an invalid for several years past.

Mrs. Walton was born in Connecticut, Oct. 17, 1840, and came with her parents to this county in an early day. She was married to Mr. Walton on January 29, 1871, and to this union one child, a daughter, Mrs. Chas. Farnham, was born.

Mrs. Walton, in her younger days, was an active woman and took part in the social life of the town, but as age came on her failing health compelled her to keep to her home.

The funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at the family residence and interment was made in the Blair Cemetery. Deceased leaves the husband and daughter and one brother, Mr. L. L. Lantry, to mourn her death.

#3-Published in the Blair Democrat March 22, 1917

Mrs. W. C. Walton, Pioneer Resident Died Sunday

Death ended the suffering of Mrs. W. C. Walton at four o’clock Sunday afternoon. For many years she had patiently endured illness from which there was no hope of recovery and she had been confirmed to her home year after year, a physical wreck, to whom life held but for a few joys.

Mrs. Walton was 76 years old, a native of Connecticut and a pioneer of this city, coming here in 1868, when she opened a millinery store. On Jan. 29th, 1871, she was married to Judge W. C. Walton. Her husband, Mrs. Charles Farnham, of this city, a daughter, and one sister, Mrs. Emma Parmelee, of Connecticut, and a brother, Lew Lantry, survive the deceased. Funeral services were held at the residence on Colfax Street, Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Underwood, of the Methodist Church officiating. Burial took place in the Blair Cemetery.

Obituaries courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska