Theodore Ted A Walton

Theodore A. “Ted” Walton, 81 of Scottsbluff, passed away Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013 at Golden Living Center. A graveside funeral service will be held Friday, Feb. 8, at 10 a.m. at Fairview Cemetery in Scottsbluff with military rites by F.E. Warren Air Force Honor Guard. Cremation has taken place. Ted was born on Jan. 24, 1932 at Cambridge, Neb. to Theodore J. and Lavina E. (Stitzel) Walton. He was raised and received his education in Wilsonville, Neb. graduating with the Class of 1949. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1951 and served during the Korean Conflict. For three years, Ted was stationed in southern West Germany with an aircraft control and warning squadron. He received an honorable discharge in 1956 with the rank of Staff Sergeant. Ted returned to North Platte and became involved in the glass business and where he met and married his wife Evelyn. The family moved to Scottsbluff in 1963, when he became manager of the Harding Glass Co in Gering, taking an early retirement in 1980. Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law, Charlene and Thomas Braddock of Scottsbluff; granddaughters, Amy J. and Brian Fenimore of Cheyenne, Wyo.; Cheryl and Tom Watson of Estacada, Ore., Joellen and David Benavidez of Scottsbluff and Kerrie and Grady Thomas of Severn, Md. and six great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Preceding Ted in death were his parents, his wife Evelyn, five brothers, a sister and one great-grandson.