Georgia Dalton

GEORGIA RUTH DALTON
As the morning rays began to dawn September 19, 2014, Georgia Ruth Dalton, age 84, quietly slipped through mortal hands and into the loving arms of her Heavenly Father.
She was born October 3, 1929 in Logan, Utah to Harold O. Powell and Bessie A. Conder. Later the family of eight children moved to a large pioneer home on the west side of Salt Lake City. In 1972, David and Georgia bought and moved into her family home from South Salt Lake City, Utah, and lived there until her death.
She married and later divorced Charles Ray Greenhagen.
She remarried David Isaac Dalton September 11, 1953 and was later sealed in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on January 4, 1966.
She was an entrepreneur of many occupations in her lifetime. When her children were older, she worked at Granite School District Foods. She invested in several rental properties, on one large farm above Nephi, was the owner of Cousins Factory Outlet, and several other endeavors.
War and marriage at age 16 interrupted her education, but when her children were older she enrolled in night classes and obtained her diploma from So. High in the 70’s.
She raised a second generation family when Jeremy Dalton (Emily) and Jennifer Dalton (Melinda Shelton) came into their home as babies.
Several grandchildren at one time of their lives would also live under her roof or would rent an apartment from her.
She is survived by children: C. Richard Greenhagen (Faye), Jerry Lee Greenhagen (Glo), Sharon Ruth Linschoten, Marlin James Dalton, David Greg Dalton, Karl Joseph Dalton (Vanessa); 22 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great-grandchildren; and siblings: LaVone Stokes, Gene Powell (Ranae), and Theo Powell (Ruthie).
Preceded in death by: her parents; husband, David I. Dalton; son, Paul Rusell Dalton; grandson, Mathew Dalton; son-in-law, Randy Linschoten; siblings: Dona Miller (Ray), Harold Powell (Gladys), Maridean Bean, and Ann Knudsen.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, September 26, 2014 at the Cannon Stake Center located (south of Jordan Park) 934 West Fremont Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah. A viewing will be held on Thursday, September 25, 2014 from 6:00-8:00 pm at Deseret Mortuary, 36 East 700 South, Salt Lake City, Utah. Interment at American Fork Cemetery 26 West 600 North, American Fork Cemetery.
The family wishes to thank Intermountain Hospice for their kind care given to Georgia the last couple weeks of her life. The family also wishes to thank Mary Jorgensen for her tender care for Georgia for the last three years.