Vera K. Dalton

Vera K. Dalton Vera K. Dalton, age 88, formerly of Springfield, Va. died peacefully after a short illness on December 3, 2010.

She was born on July 17, 1922 in Rowan County, North Carolina to Jesse Calvin and Beulah Wyatt Kluttz. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, John T. Dalton, Jr., her daughter Linda Dalton Dixon and two sisters, Billie Daniels and Sudie Harper.

She is survived by her loving daughter Mary Ellen Garduno and her husband Phillip Garduno with whom she resided for the most of the last years of her life. She is survived by three grandchildren and their families, Kimberly Johnson, Jr Johnson, and Kirsten Johnson, Michelle McGregor and Michael McGregor and Julie Frack, Michael Frack and Zachary Frack. She is also survived by one sister, Blanch Joseph.

She was a registered nurse, serving in the Army Nurse Corps in World War II. She worked as a Labor and Delivery nurse at Fairfax Hospital for many years and talked proudly of the work she had done and the people she had helped over the years.

A memorial service will be held on Sunday, December 5, 2010 at Christus Victor Lutheran Church, 15012 Dumfries Road Manassas, Va. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. at the church with a memorial service following at 3 p.m. Burial will be at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. Donations in her memory may be made to Christus Victor Lutheran Church. Arrangements by Mountcastle Turch

Funeral Home.



This obituary was originally published in the News & Messenger (Woodbridge, VA).