Rodney Garth Dalton, 74, started his next chapter on August 28th, 2012. He was born on April 3rd, 1938 to Edith (Fox) Dalton and Garth Dalton in Circleville, Utah. In his younger years, Rodney enjoyed customizing hot rod cars, baseball and road trips. His paint skills on his hot rods lead to his career as paint supervisor at several companies in Utah. The love of his hobbies continued throughout his life and later Rodney found a new passion – genealogy. He spent many hours researching his family history. He has several Dalton books published, and he and his cousin, Arthur Whittaker have created a website with great history detail about the Dalton’s, Whittaker’s and Circleville www.daltwhitt.org. This brought him great joy and he was very proud of what he accomplished and always wanted to share it with the world. Rodney was able to travel to England and see his ancestral roots. He cherished the memories of that trip. Rodney is survived by his daughter, Kristina L. Dalton Dean (Kevin), his grandchildren, Jason Welch, Andrea (Welch) Allison, Ashley Dowdy, Kaden Dean and Jesse Dean, 3 great grandchildren, his sister, Sheila (Dalton) Garrard and his brother, Russell Dalton. Rodney was preceded in death by his father, Garth Dalton, his mother, Edith Dalton, his wife, Tracy Dalton, his son, Scott Welch and his favorite dog, Brindle. Funeral services will be held Thursday, September 6th at 11 at Leavitt’s Mortuary 836 36th Street, Ogden, Utah. Friends may call Wednesday, September 5th from 6-8 at the mortuary. In lieu of flowers, please feel free to make a donation to the Humane Society of Utah, www.utahhumane.org, in honor of Rodney Dalton.Please send us your condolences and a memory at www.leavittsmortuary.com