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Grace Walston
GRACE WALSTON
Peoria, Ariz.
Grace Eileen Walston, 96, of Peoria, Ariz., formerly of Manchester, passed away Wednesday, July 6, 2016, in Peoria. Graveside services: 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 15, at Oakland Cemetery, Manchester. Celebration of Life: 11 a.m. Friday at the United Methodist Church, Manchester. Arrangements by Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Manchester.
Grace is survived by her two sons, Sydney (Mary) Walston of Frankfort, Mich., and Steven (Lola) Walston of Springfield, Ohio; grandchildren, Lori (Tim) Patterson of Springhill, Kan., Matt (Beth) McQuillen of Anamosa, Shawn (Kim) McQuillen of Monticello, Lisa (Tim) Shaffer of Westminster, Md., Jeffery Walston of Traverse City, Mich., Bradley (Jennifer) Walston of Honolulu, Hawaii, and Scott (Ann) Walston of Westerville, Ohio; sister, Iva Heiserman of Manchester; sister-in-law, Bessie Helmrichs of Manchester; and special friend, Delores Pagen of Sun City, Ariz.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers; a sister; her husband, Charles Walston; son-in-law, Gerald McQuillen; and daughter, Sandra (Walston) McQuillen.
Grace was born Sept. 24, 1919, in Cascade, the daughter of Charles and Nellie (Hunter) Hutton. On June 17, 1939, in Manchester, she married Charles Lee Walston. Grace was a member of Willowbrook Methodist Church.
Memorials may be directed to Willowbrook Methodist Church, Sun City, Ariz., and Manchester United Methodist Church, Manchester, Iowa.
Please share a memory of Grace at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
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