Carol Ann Alton

Carol Ann Alton, 80, of Claremore, Oklahoma, formerly of Long Branch, passed away Friday, April 9, 2010 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A daughter of the late William George and Hannah Gertrude (Houton) Hudler, she was born in Pittsburgh on November. 17, 1929. Carol graduated from Charleroi Area High School and California State College now California University of Pennsylvania. She taught high school in the Canon McMillan School District, and served on the Charleroi Area Board of Education. Carol also worked with the Department of Labor and Industry as a claims interviewer. In 1948, Carol married Jack Foster Alton in Cumberland, MD. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Charleroi, singing in the Junior and Senior Choirs. Carol taught Sunday School, Bible School, was president of the young people's class, adult class, and missionary group. She also served as an Elder and Trustee. Carol moved to Oklahoma and taught school at the Will Rogers Junior High School in Claremore. She was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church of Claremore and served as an Elder and Trustee. Survivors include her children: Deborah Colette Partezana and husband, John of Claremore, OK, Dent Foster Alton of New Stanton and John Randall Alton and wife, Jacqueline of Rockville, MD; grandchildren: John G. Partezana, Jr. and wife, Mendi of Claremore, OK, Travis Foster Alton and wife, Shelly of Bentleyville, and Alexandria Loretta and Sean Patrick Alton of Rockville, MD; great-grandchildren: Tomijean Marie Partezana and John Jackson of Claremore, OK and Traelynn Alton of Bentleyville; brothers: William G. Hudler of Elk Grove, CA, Frank E. Hudler of Kent, WA, George D. Hudler of Polk City, FL, and Robert Hudler of Polk City, FL; and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jack in 1998, and one sister, Loretta E. Rice of Stockton, CA. Friends will be received 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Friday in the Ferguson Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc., 700 Broad Avenue, Belle Vernon, (724-929-5300). www.FergusonFuneralHomeAndCrematory.com. Chapel services will be Saturday in the Chapel of Howe Cemetery, Coal Center on Saturday at 10 A.M. There will be a luncheon immediately following the cemetery service at the California American Legion.

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Carol Ann Alton

April 9, 2010