 1933 - 2003 (70 years)
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| Name |
Elizabeth J. Walton [1] |
| Birth |
30 Jan 1933 |
Newport, Orleans County, Vermont  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Obituary |
Seabrook, Rockingham County, New Hampshire [1] |
- Rev. Dr. Elizabeth J. Walton, 70, of Farm Lane, Seabrook, died
Tuesday, May 20, 2003, in Portsmouth Regional Hospital. She was
born Jan. 30, 1933, in Newport, Vt., the daughter of the late
Rev. Howard and Margaret (Mabie) Walton. She resided in Lisbon
for seven years and moved to Attleboro, Mass., in 1941. She
attended Joseph Finberg Elementary School and was a 1951
graduate of Attleboro High School. She received her bachelor's
degree in theology from the New England School of Theology,
Brookline, Mass., in 1957. She received her master's degree in
theology in 1972 and her doctorate of theology in 1976 from
Clarkville Seminary, Clarkville, Tenn. Rev. Dr. Walton was
ordained to the ministry by the New Hampshire Advent Christian
Conference in 1958 in Advent Christian Church, Seabrook, where
her grandfather, the Rev. Arthur E. Walton was ordained in
1903.
A third generation of ordained ministers, she was serving as
pastor of Four Corners Advent Christian Church in Seabrook and
had previously served the church as pastor from 1957 until
1970. She was pastor of First Parish Community Church in West
Newbury, Mass., from 1970 until 1981 and hosted a radio program
during the 1970s known as "Moments of Meditation" from WNBP in
Newburyport, Mass. Since 1982, Rev. Walton has been active
with Rand Memorial Church, Seabrook, serving as music minister
and organist, interim pastor and was a former deaconess. Over
the years she has officiated at many funerals, weddings and has
served Seabrook residents in many ways.
She was an accomplished poet and wrote and published several
books of poetry and the biography of her grandparents. She had
a love for music and was an accomplished organist and pianist.
She began playing in Hebron Methodist Church in Attleboro as an
organist at age 15 and continued until entering college in
1953. She was an avid student of British, Canadian and U.S.
history. She is survived by many cousins. Calling hours will
be held Friday from 3 to 5 p.m., and 7 to 9 p.m., at the Remick
& Gendron Funeral Home-Crematory, 811 Lafayette Road, Hampton.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 9 a.m. in Rand
Memorial Church, South Main St., Seabrook. Burial will be in
Hillside Cemetery, Seabrook. Memorial donations may be made to
Four Corners Advent Christian Church, 5 Farm Lane, Seabrook, NH
03874, or to Rand Congregational Church, 134 South Main St.,
Seabrook, NH 03874.
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| Name |
Rev. Dr. |
| Death |
20 May 2003 |
Portsmouth Regional Hospital, Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire [1] |
| Notes |
- From the Maybee Society files. Not all data is verified. Say dates are estimates and are probably within 20 years. The Maybee Society keeps its data on The Master Genealogist�, and has been modified by Gary Hester?s WIT2NOTE� to form the GedCom file. This information is also available in a TMG file.
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| Person ID |
I23941 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
30 Nov 2006 |
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| Sources |
- [S1233] Barbara Miller, Barbara Millar, OBIT IN THE EXETER NEWS LETTER EXETER NH (Reliability: 3).
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