Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Howard J. II WALTON
Howard J. Walton II of Kennett Square Howard J. Walton, II, of Kennett Square passed away on June 19, 2013 at Kendal at Longwood in Kennett Square. He was 87 years old. Born in Wilmington, Del. on Aug. 9, 1925, Howard was the son of the late Walter Michener Walton and the late Mildred Ethel Walton. He grew up on the Walton farm as a birthright Quaker and member of London Grove Friends Meeting. His children became the fifth generation to occupy the Homestead. Midway through first grade, Howard and his classmates marched down Broad Street from the old Mary D. Lang School to the new school that today is Kennett High School, where he graduated in 1943. In his working career, Howard was a mushroom grower with the firm, Walter M. Walton & Son. He served on the Board of Mushroom Growers Association and was Chairman of the Board of the American Mushroom Institute when it was initially formed in the 1950s. After retiring from the mushroom business, Howard worked for the Kennett Consolidated School District and Unionville-Chadds Ford School District in their maintenance department and was a school bus driver. He was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church of West Chester, Kennett Masonic Lodge No. 475 F&AM, Lions Club of Kennett Square and YAG Club. Howard enjoyed many family camping trips, cruises with friends, playing bridge and his retreat in Stone Harbor, N.J. He was the beloved husband for 61 years to Grace M. (Rineer); father of Gary Michener Walton of New Castle, Del., Grace Ann Walton of West Chester and Jennifer Walton Streich and her husband Jonathan of Lilburn, Ga.; grandfather of Matthew Karl Streich and his wife Meg, of Corpus Christi, Texas and Rebecca Walton Streich of Athens, Ga.; and sister of Julia W. Smedley of West Grove. He was predeceased by a son, Walter L. Walton. A memorial service will be celebrated at 1:30 p.m. on Sat., July 6, in the Auditorium at Kendal at Longwood, 1109 East Baltimore Pike, Kennett Square. Interment will be in Longwood Cemetery.
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