Charles Lawrence Dalton

June 13, 1934 - June 6, 2016

Charles Lawrence “Larry” Dalton was born the son of Joseph Edgley Dalton and Audrey May Baxter on June 13th, 1934 in Portland, Oregon. Larry grew up in Portland and attended Portland schools graduating from Franklin High School. He served in the Korean war being trained in Atomic Weapons and then was transferred to Albuquerque, NM where he served as a clerk in the mess hall. On August 2nd, 1957 he married Rita A Greenhalgh in the Idaho Falls Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Larry worked as a long-haul truck driver for various companies before retiring from Zellerbach Paper Company. He regretted that his job required so much time away from his family and kept him from providing service in the church. On June 6th, 2016 Larry died at home in Newberg, Oregon from Renal Failure just one week short of his 82nd birthday. Surviving and left to honor his life are his wife, Rita A Greenhalgh Dalton, Newberg, Oregon. Children; Larry Dean Dalton (Deborah), Crossett, AR, Richard Craig Dalton (Joan), Newberg, OR, Robyn Stacey Dalton Boyles (Stephen), Newberg, OR, Shelley Roxanne Dalton James (Robert), Salem, OR, Gene Calvin Dalton (Athena), Newberg, OR and Deanna Lynne Dalton Gregory (Robert), Keizer, ORas well as 15 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph and Audrey; siblings Alice Neuman (William), Edgey (Lois), Barney (Helen), Joyce Snider (Ray), Darrell (Virginia), Phyllis Barnett (Marvin), as well as one grandchild, Nicholas Anthony Gregory. His funeral service will be Friday, June 10, 2016 at the Newberg 2nd Ward Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, at 1212 Deborah Road, Newberg, OR. There will be a viewing in the Relief Society Room at 9:00AM prior to the funeral service.