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Bill Dalton Obituary
The Rev. William T. Dalton (Fr. Bill) was born in University City, Missouri on July 17, 1933 to Harry Vernon Dalton and Adelaide Virginia (Hamilton) Dalton. Mr. Dalton attended St. Louis University High School before joining the U.S. Army and serving in Korea during the Korean Conflict. He graduated from NTSC (UNT) B.A. '58 and from The Episcopal Theological Seminary M. Div. '64 in Lexington, KY. He was ordained Deacon and served at Holy Cross Episcopal Church in Dallas until 1967 when he left active ministry. Mr. Dalton worked in retail management for Sears, Sanger-Harris, and Jas. K. Wilson before owning and operating several vitamin stores. He was a franchisee with Great Earth Vitamins with stores in Downtown Dallas and Preston Hollow Shopping Center. In 1998, he changed the name of the Downtown location to The Vitamin Store. After retirement, he and his wife, Charlene moved to Bonham, TX. He was restored to the Diaconate in 2002 and ordained a Priest in 2004 and then appointed Vicar (Pastor) of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Bonham. He was currently assisting at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Denison, TX. He was married in 1955 to Anita Hall and they had three daughters, Rozan Chisholm, Karen Carman, and Jenny Burns. In 1967, he married Charlene Jenkins and became step-father to Kim Jenkins and Mark Shane Jenkins. He is also survived by ten grandchildren, 4 great-children, and one brother, Michael Bruce Dalton.
Honorary pallbearers will be grandchildren, Zachary Protzman, Ryan White, Andrew Smith, Michael Smith, Nickolas White and Sean Jenkin.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Fannin County Community Ministries PO BOX 69 Bonham, Texas 75418
Memories and Condolences
for Bill Dalton
PRISCELLA FORBUS
March 18, 2021
Bill you are miss so much from the family that loved you so much RIP
Kimberly Starrett
March 19, 2019
Still think of you often. Miss your wisdom talks. Pantry just wasn't same without you and never will be.
Priscella Forbus
March 18, 2019
Still miss you but laugh about all the memories, your always in our thoughts RIP
Sandra Stevenson
April 1, 2017
Charlene and all the family, you are in my thoughts. May all the good memories of Bill Dalton bring you comfort and peace. Sincerely, Sandra Stevenson
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Sandra Olivetti Martin
March 30, 2017
Remembering Father Bill Dalton
July 17, 1933-March 22, 2017
By Sandra Olivetti Martin
With Bill Dalton's death, I feel cut adrift in eternity, for he was my anchor.
In half a century, we met only a handful of times. But after the death of his dear mother Virginia, Bill and his brother Michael were the people who knew me longest. Bill kept in touch after my visit to Dallas a decade or so ago. His Facebook notes and photos were a lifeline to times so long ago they disappear like an old Polaroid photo if held in only one memory.
Despite a lifetime's separation, we felt like the old friends we were. I had to retrain myself not to call him Billy, as he once was. Father Bill became just the right name, encompassing not only his faith and ordination but also the duty of caring he bore as the oldest in our little family circle.
Bill and Michael's mother Virginia and my mother Elsa were best friends, girls who had to grow up quick and made their way by hard work, good looks and determination. Ginny was a couple of years older and took Elsa under her wing as a green country girl in the big, dangerous city. Why the third girlfriend, Kay, and not Ginny, was my godmother was some intricacy of their friendship I never understood.
They lived and worked together. They raised their kids together. Again, Virginia had Mother on experience, with Bill born in 1933 and Michael in 1941, so when Mother panicked, Virginia gave me my second bath. Born in 1943, I was an only child with no cousins. Billy and Mike were the family I grew up with, playing as our parents partied.
When the Daltons moved to Takoma, Washington, for a business venture that must not have worked out, Mother drove there from St. Louis to help bring them home. Back in St. Louis, Virginia and Vern opened the Ranch House while my mother and father ran the Stymie Club. The girls who'd started out as waitresses now kept company as well-dressed and well-accessorized business owners, with swimming pools at home and flashy convertibles to drive on their outings.
Billy was enough older than Mike and me to be almost another generation. I was still a little girl when our family traveled to Dallas for his wedding to Anita. A few years later, I sat in the backseat with Billy's little girls Rozan, Karen Kay and Jenny Sue as Virginia, their grandmother, and my mother drove us to Missouri Military Academy for one or another of Michael's big dances.
Grown up, Michael and I also went our separate ways. Our mothers and Kay King did not. They conquered all that could come between them to stay closest friends until death did them part: first Kay, then my mother, then Virginia.
Sustained by love and hope and faith, Father Bill lived a full, rich life. He shone as the sun of a large, loving family, exerting so strong a gravitational pull that Virginia entered his Dallas orbit. Yet of that time so very long ago, Bill, Michael and I have been each other's sole proof and survivors.
My sorrow at Bill's passing goes back a long way.
Mary-k Wilson
March 29, 2017
Only today did I learn of Father Bill's death. This was sad news. Father Bill was a kind and gentle man. He will be missed by many. My condolences to his family.
Jennifer Peaco
March 28, 2017
My heart is rejoicing knowing that Father Bill is in heaven setting at the right hand of our savior. You will be greatly missed here on earth but we will see you again! My thoughts and prayers are with Charlene and the rest of the family.
alvn lane
March 27, 2017
you will be missed
Gary Vernon
March 24, 2017
Bill has been a special friend since the first day I met him. I will miss his advice and friendship. We will be out of town next week but know our thoughts and prayers will be with you Charlene, Kim, and the rest of your family.
Steve Wilson
March 24, 2017
He was a great man of God. We loved him here in Bonham. Going to miss his smile and kindness.
Lanita Akers
March 24, 2017
My heart aches for your loss. I know your hearts are heavy and so sad. He was a wonderful man touching many lives and I am blessed to have known him better these last few years. Much love to you all.
Skipper Campbell
March 23, 2017
When my father past away, and I was standing at his grave,I thought of this poem to comfort me: Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die.
Priscella Forbus
March 23, 2017
Rest in peace Bill you will truly be missed, but with a lot of good memories.
your were a godly person,it was very easy
for us to love you.
Mike & Jody Lindsey
March 23, 2017
So sorry for the loss of our dear Father Bill. He has left fond memories on the earth. He is at peace and resting now.
Ronda Smith
March 23, 2017
May your hearts soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well lived.
Kimberly Starrett
March 23, 2017
Am so very sorry for your loss. Father Bill will always be in my heart. My thoughts and prayers are with you Charlene and your family
Michael and Cathy Henshaw
March 23, 2017
God bless your soul Father Bill. We all know that you are now with our Lord. You are at peace. Each of us will remember you daily. We love you Father Bill. May you rest in peace now. All our love. Michael and Cathy Henshaw and the family at FCCM.
Beverly Wilson
March 23, 2017
Jenny, I am so sorry for the loss of your Dad. He was a very nice man and I enjoyed talking to him. I know you will think of him and miss him everyday. Prayers of comfort and love for you and your family.
The Wise Funeral Home Family Bonham, TX
March 23, 2017
We present this guestbook to you with deepest compassion and with our sincerest expression of sympathy.
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