Hazel J. Walton

Hazel J. Walton, 87, of Cochranville, passed away on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at the Jennersville Regional Hospital.  She was the widow of the late Horace A. Walton, who passed away in 2004 after sharing 61 years of marriage.

Born on Friday, June 30, 1922 in Little Britain Twp., Lancaster County, she was the daughter of Leiper G. and Ila Bradley Jackson.  In her youth, she was a member of the Little Britain Presbyterian Church and she was a graduate of the Quarryville High School.  

Hazel and her late husband Horace owned and operated their dairy farm in Cochranville.  

She was a lifetime member and a Past Worthy Matron of the O.E.S. Chapter 347 of Cochranville.  Hazel belonged to the Cochranville Methodist Church.

Hazel loved spending time with her family and friends, and she enjoyed working with her husband on the farm.  

She is survived by three children: H. Leslie Walton, husband of Bonnie, William J. Walton, husband of Linda and Donna W. McCool, wife of Mark, all of Cochranville; eight granchildren; 11 great grandchildren and siblings, Dorothy Brown of Quarryville, H. Andrew Jackson, husband of Eva, of Peach Bottom, Sara Myer of Elizabethtown, Marian Wilson of Christiana, Robert Jackson of Elkton, Md., and sister-in-law Mary Jackson of Peach Bottom.  She was predeceased by her siblings, Anna Weaver and Horace Jackson.  

The Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, July 3, 2010 at 11:30 a.m. at the Cochranville Methodist Church, P.O. Box 417, 92 Church Dr., Cochranville, Pa. 19330, followed by interment in the Cochranville Methodist Cemetery.  Family and friends are invited to attend the viewing, which will be held at the Church from 9 until 11:30 AM.  Eastern Star services will be conducted at 11:15 AM.

Memorial donations may be made in Hazel's memory to the Cochranville United Methodist Church at the above address.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Wilde Funeral Home of Parkesburg.  Online condolences can be posted at www.wildefuneralhome.com