Walter H. Upton

Walter H. Upton, 76, Noblesville, passed away Monday, April 19, 2004, at Riverview Hospital Noblesville following a brief illness.
He was born on May 21, 1927, in Hilham, Tenn. the son of Jack and Laura (Malone) Upton. He was a World War II veteran of the U. S. Marines Corps and he retired in 1988 from Martin Marietta Aggregates where he had been a stone loader at the Lapel quarry for many years. He was a member of the Lapel Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 4323 and the American Legion. He is survived by two children, Gene W. (wife, Evelyn) Upton of Vincennes and Joan Carol Upton of Indianapolis; one sister, Lena Williams Davis of Frankton; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Marilyn Jerome (Levi) Upton in 1983; and four brothers. Services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday at Scott E. Hersberger Funeral Home in Lapel with Rev. Neal Brown officiating. Burial will be at the Brookside Cemetery in Lapel. Friends may call from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM Wednesday at the Scott E. Hersberger Funeral Home in Lapel.

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