Cancer ended my grandmother’s life January 19th, 1954.

She was 44 years old.

From the Chicago Daily Tribune, January 1954:

“WALTON – Harriet Walton, beloved wife of John, loving mother of Donald and Joan, fond daughter of Harry Tolf and Julia Chinell, dear sister of Earl, Oliver, and Francis, niece of Raymond and Katherine Tolf. Service Saturday, 3 p.m. at chapel, 4821 N Damen avenue. Interment Rosehill.”