ESCONDIDO --
Mary Latta Clarkson Lawton peacefully passed away surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, January 27, 2011. Mary Latta was the bride of 56 years to the love of her life, Joseph A. Lawton, Sr. She is also survived by her beloved children[5], [and] their spouses; her 13 grandchildren; and her sister. Born April 1, 1931 in St. Louis, Missouri, she attended the Visitation Academy and Maryville College. Mary Latta's sense of style, taste and beauty was only surpassed by her grace, dignity and character. We celebrate her life and it is an honor and a privilege to call Mary our wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. She will live in our hearts forever. Services were held Monday, January 31, 2011 at St. Timothy's Catholic Church in Escondido. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Mary Latta's memory to Visitation Monastery; 3020 N. Ballas Road, St. Louis, Mo. 63131. Proverbs 31: "Many are women of proven worth, but you have excelled them all." Sign the Guest Book online obits.nctimes.com.(ref: Published in The San Diego Union Tribune on Feb. 1, 2011 ).[Note: obituary redacted for privacy of living relatives]
..........WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT..........
May 11, 1954
MISS MARY LATTA CLARKSON. daughter of Mrs. George W. Clarkson Jr., and the late Mr. Clarkson, has set Saturday, July 10, as the date for her marriage to Sgt Joseph Anthony Lawton, son of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Patrick Lawton of the Grey-stone apartments, 410 North Kewstead avenue. The ceremony, at 11 o'clock In the morning, will take place at St. Louis King of France Church (Old Cathedral) with Bishop Mark K. Carroll of Wichita, Kan., a close friend of the Lawton family, officiating. Afterward Mrs. Clarkson will give a breakfast In the Tower room of the Congress Hotel. George W. Clarkson III will give his sister in marriage. She will be attended by Miss Mary Frances Heil, maid of honor, and by Miss Heil's cousin, Miss Carole Hell Stephens, and Miss Jeanne Harift Ruenzl, bridesmaids. Mr. Lawton, stationed with the Army at Fort Leonard Wood, will have his brother, Capt John T. Lawton, on duty with the Army in Japan, as best man. Ushers will be another brother, Thomas P. Law-ton Jr., Edward A. Higgins, Eugene Roy Bischoff, James B. Cahill, Ralph Wegener and William B. Guyol, brother-in-law of the prospective bridegroom. The first of several parties planned for Miss Clarkson and her fiance was a barbecue May 1 given by his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lawton Jr., and his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Guyol at the Guyol home, 1118 Midiron avenue, University City.(ref: St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Mary Latta Clarkson Lawton peacefully passed away surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, January 27, 2011. Mary Latta was the bride of 56 years to the love of her life, Joseph A. Lawton, Sr. She is also survived by her beloved children[5], [and] their spouses; her 13 grandchildren; and her sister. Born April 1, 1931 in St. Louis, Missouri, she attended the Visitation Academy and Maryville College. Mary Latta's sense of style, taste and beauty was only surpassed by her grace, dignity and character. We celebrate her life and it is an honor and a privilege to call Mary our wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. She will live in our hearts forever. Services were held Monday, January 31, 2011 at St. Timothy's Catholic Church in Escondido. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Mary Latta's memory to Visitation Monastery; 3020 N. Ballas Road, St. Louis, Mo. 63131. Proverbs 31: "Many are women of proven worth, but you have excelled them all." Sign the Guest Book online obits.nctimes.com.(ref: Published in The San Diego Union Tribune on Feb. 1, 2011 ).[Note: obituary redacted for privacy of living relatives]
..........WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT..........
May 11, 1954
MISS MARY LATTA CLARKSON. daughter of Mrs. George W. Clarkson Jr., and the late Mr. Clarkson, has set Saturday, July 10, as the date for her marriage to Sgt Joseph Anthony Lawton, son of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Patrick Lawton of the Grey-stone apartments, 410 North Kewstead avenue. The ceremony, at 11 o'clock In the morning, will take place at St. Louis King of France Church (Old Cathedral) with Bishop Mark K. Carroll of Wichita, Kan., a close friend of the Lawton family, officiating. Afterward Mrs. Clarkson will give a breakfast In the Tower room of the Congress Hotel. George W. Clarkson III will give his sister in marriage. She will be attended by Miss Mary Frances Heil, maid of honor, and by Miss Heil's cousin, Miss Carole Hell Stephens, and Miss Jeanne Harift Ruenzl, bridesmaids. Mr. Lawton, stationed with the Army at Fort Leonard Wood, will have his brother, Capt John T. Lawton, on duty with the Army in Japan, as best man. Ushers will be another brother, Thomas P. Law-ton Jr., Edward A. Higgins, Eugene Roy Bischoff, James B. Cahill, Ralph Wegener and William B. Guyol, brother-in-law of the prospective bridegroom. The first of several parties planned for Miss Clarkson and her fiance was a barbecue May 1 given by his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lawton Jr., and his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Guyol at the Guyol home, 1118 Midiron avenue, University City.(ref: St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
ESCONDIDO --
Mary Latta Clarkson Lawton peacefully passed away surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, January 27, 2011. Mary Latta was the bride of 56 years to the love of her life, Joseph A. Lawton, Sr. She is also survived by her beloved children[5], [and] their spouses; her 13 grandchildren; and her sister. Born April 1, 1931 in St. Louis, Missouri, she attended the Visitation Academy and Maryville College. Mary Latta's sense of style, taste and beauty was only surpassed by her grace, dignity and character. We celebrate her life and it is an honor and a privilege to call Mary our wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. She will live in our hearts forever. Services were held Monday, January 31, 2011 at St. Timothy's Catholic Church in Escondido. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Mary Latta's memory to Visitation Monastery; 3020 N. Ballas Road, St. Louis, Mo. 63131. Proverbs 31: "Many are women of proven worth, but you have excelled them all." Sign the Guest Book online obits.nctimes.com.(ref: Published in The San Diego Union Tribune on Feb. 1, 2011 ).[Note: obituary redacted for privacy of living relatives]
..........WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT..........
May 11, 1954
MISS MARY LATTA CLARKSON. daughter of Mrs. George W. Clarkson Jr., and the late Mr. Clarkson, has set Saturday, July 10, as the date for her marriage to Sgt Joseph Anthony Lawton, son of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Patrick Lawton of the Grey-stone apartments, 410 North Kewstead avenue. The ceremony, at 11 o'clock In the morning, will take place at St. Louis King of France Church (Old Cathedral) with Bishop Mark K. Carroll of Wichita, Kan., a close friend of the Lawton family, officiating. Afterward Mrs. Clarkson will give a breakfast In the Tower room of the Congress Hotel. George W. Clarkson III will give his sister in marriage. She will be attended by Miss Mary Frances Heil, maid of honor, and by Miss Heil's cousin, Miss Carole Hell Stephens, and Miss Jeanne Harift Ruenzl, bridesmaids. Mr. Lawton, stationed with the Army at Fort Leonard Wood, will have his brother, Capt John T. Lawton, on duty with the Army in Japan, as best man. Ushers will be another brother, Thomas P. Law-ton Jr., Edward A. Higgins, Eugene Roy Bischoff, James B. Cahill, Ralph Wegener and William B. Guyol, brother-in-law of the prospective bridegroom. The first of several parties planned for Miss Clarkson and her fiance was a barbecue May 1 given by his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lawton Jr., and his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Guyol at the Guyol home, 1118 Midiron avenue, University City.(ref: St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Mary Latta Clarkson Lawton peacefully passed away surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, January 27, 2011. Mary Latta was the bride of 56 years to the love of her life, Joseph A. Lawton, Sr. She is also survived by her beloved children[5], [and] their spouses; her 13 grandchildren; and her sister. Born April 1, 1931 in St. Louis, Missouri, she attended the Visitation Academy and Maryville College. Mary Latta's sense of style, taste and beauty was only surpassed by her grace, dignity and character. We celebrate her life and it is an honor and a privilege to call Mary our wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. She will live in our hearts forever. Services were held Monday, January 31, 2011 at St. Timothy's Catholic Church in Escondido. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Mary Latta's memory to Visitation Monastery; 3020 N. Ballas Road, St. Louis, Mo. 63131. Proverbs 31: "Many are women of proven worth, but you have excelled them all." Sign the Guest Book online obits.nctimes.com.(ref: Published in The San Diego Union Tribune on Feb. 1, 2011 ).[Note: obituary redacted for privacy of living relatives]
..........WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT..........
May 11, 1954
MISS MARY LATTA CLARKSON. daughter of Mrs. George W. Clarkson Jr., and the late Mr. Clarkson, has set Saturday, July 10, as the date for her marriage to Sgt Joseph Anthony Lawton, son of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Patrick Lawton of the Grey-stone apartments, 410 North Kewstead avenue. The ceremony, at 11 o'clock In the morning, will take place at St. Louis King of France Church (Old Cathedral) with Bishop Mark K. Carroll of Wichita, Kan., a close friend of the Lawton family, officiating. Afterward Mrs. Clarkson will give a breakfast In the Tower room of the Congress Hotel. George W. Clarkson III will give his sister in marriage. She will be attended by Miss Mary Frances Heil, maid of honor, and by Miss Heil's cousin, Miss Carole Hell Stephens, and Miss Jeanne Harift Ruenzl, bridesmaids. Mr. Lawton, stationed with the Army at Fort Leonard Wood, will have his brother, Capt John T. Lawton, on duty with the Army in Japan, as best man. Ushers will be another brother, Thomas P. Law-ton Jr., Edward A. Higgins, Eugene Roy Bischoff, James B. Cahill, Ralph Wegener and William B. Guyol, brother-in-law of the prospective bridegroom. The first of several parties planned for Miss Clarkson and her fiance was a barbecue May 1 given by his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lawton Jr., and his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Guyol at the Guyol home, 1118 Midiron avenue, University City.(ref: St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
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