No source or date noted, from an unidentified scrapbook of clippings titled COLLECTION OF LOCAL MONROE COUNTY OBITS donated to the Monroe County History Center, Bloomington, Indiana. NOTE: a related item on the same page identified the place of burial as the Clear Creek Cemetery. A second obit identified Wilbur as Wilburn; it is not known which of the two spellings is correct. BLOOMINGTON BOY, 9, DIES OF INFANTILE PARALYSIS Infantile paralysis caused the death of Charles Wilbur Dalton, 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Dalton, South Washington Street, at the Riley Hospital in Indianapolis this morning. The boy was stricken several weeks ago, the disease paralyzing his throat muscles and his legs and arms. He was taken to the Riley Hospital August 3 for treatment. Besides the parents, he is survived by two sisters, Margie Marie and Bonnie Louise, and one brother, Robert Marion. He attended the Elm Heights School and was in the 3b grade. Funeral arrangements have not been completed and will be announced Tuesday.

This is Charles Wilbur Dalton, born 1921 in Monroe County. He died 18 August 1930 at the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital in Indianapolis in Marion County, Indiana. He was buried at the Christian Cemetery in clear Creek in Perry Township in Monroe County, Indiana. Sent from my iPad > On Jun 20, 2015, at 8:58 PM, Randi Richardson via <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > No source or date noted, from an unidentified scrapbook of clippings titled > COLLECTION OF LOCAL MONROE COUNTY OBITS donated to the Monroe County History > Center, Bloomington, Indiana. NOTE: a related item on the same page > identified the place of burial as the Clear Creek Cemetery. A second obit > identified Wilbur as Wilburn; it is not known which of the two spellings is > correct. > > > > BLOOMINGTON BOY, 9, DIES OF INFANTILE PARALYSIS > > > > Infantile paralysis caused the death of Charles Wilbur Dalton, 9-year-old > son of Mr. and Mrs. John Dalton, South Washington Street, at the Riley > Hospital in Indianapolis this morning. > > > > The boy was stricken several weeks ago, the disease paralyzing his throat > muscles and his legs and arms. He was taken to the Riley Hospital August 3 > for treatment. > > > > Besides the parents, he is survived by two sisters, Margie Marie and Bonnie > Louise, and one brother, Robert Marion. He attended the Elm Heights School > and was in the 3b grade. > > > > Funeral arrangements have not been completed and will be announced Tuesday. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message