St. Clair County Obits

ALETHA C. DAULTON

ElDorado Sun
20 September 2008

Alethea Cordelia Daulton, 77, El Dorado Springs, was born June 22, 1931, in Lee's Summit, to Daniel Thistlewood and Cordelia Hitt Smith. She passed away Sept. 10, 2008, in community Springs Healthcare Facility in El Dorado Springs.

On Nov. 27, 1947, she was united in marriage to Lyle D. Daulton. This marriage was blessed with three sons – Allen, Bruce and Kirby.

Lyle and Alethea made their home in Kansas City and later in the Raymore area. In 1972 they moved to the Roscoe area where they made their home before moving to El Dorado Springs in 1986.

Alethea loved family gatherings and having her family around. She loved to crochet, play the piano and, in later years, was very interested in all types of dancing, especially clogging and square dancing.

She especially loved helping others and was happiest when involved with a project to benefit someone else. She was blessed with many close friends and her loss will be felt by many.

Alethea was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, Thelma Ray and a daughter-in-law, Carol Daulton.

She is survived by her husband, Lyle, of the home; three sons – Allen – El Dorado Springs, Bruce – Osceola, and Kirby and his wife, Chandra – Stockton; two sisters – Lela Bears – Lee's Summit, and her twin sister, Alberta Sealey – Strasburg; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Services were held Saturday, Sept. 13, in the Roscoe Christian Church, with Rev. Larry Young officiating. Poems were read by Allen Daulton and Jewel Nitsche. Special music was I'll Fly Away and My Jesus, performed by Gene Holtgreve, and If That Isn't Love by performed by Paul Hooper and Vera Keeton and accompanist Dorsha Hooper.

Interment under the direction of the Sheldon Funeral Home was in the Benton Green Cemetery. Casket bearers were Heath Daulton, Brock Daulton, Adam Daulton, Gene Holtgreve, Paul Hopper, Brent Pearson and Aaron Daulton.