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Robert L. Hatton

  Robert Leo Hatton, son of the late James E. (Birdie) and Alice Hatton, was born in Cass County, Iowa, July 30, 1924, and passed away March 10, 1975 at the Veterans Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of 50 years, 8 months and 10 days.
  Bob grew up in Adams County, attended grade school and Corning High School, joining the U.S. Navy in December 1941. One of three, Bob, Ed Riegel and Keith Erskine were the first volunteers to join the service from Adams County for World War II. He served in the European Theatre, African Campaign, at Normandy Beach Head and the South Pacific, and was discharged in October 1945.
  On June 30, 1948, he was united in marriage to Mary Jo Rose at St. Mary's Cathedral, Grand Island, Nebraska.
  He is survived by his six children, Marcia Rae Tankesley, Grand Island, Nebraska, Steven L., Thomas Patrick, David Eugene of Lincoln Nebraska; Rosemary Lucille and Robert Eugene; one son-in-law, Warren Tankesley, Jr., two daughters-in-law, Katherine Hatton and Mary Hatton; two grandchildren, Bryan Tankesley, Grand Island and Anne Hatton, Lincoln; his mother, Alice Hatton, Corning, Ia.; four brothers, John P., Tacoma, Wash.; William Eugene, Denver, Colo.; James Edward, Springfield, Ill. and Richard Louis, Lincoln, Nebraska; two sisters, Kathleen Holste, Kansas City, Mo. and Sara Ann Berring, Chino, California.
  He was preceded in death by his father, James E. (Birdie) Hatton; three brothers, Thomas Gerald, Larry Richard and Bernard Emmett; one sister, Carolyn Ann.
  Bob made his home in Corning for the past seven years. He was a member of St. Patrick Church in Corning and a member of the American Legion and the Knights of Columbus, Grand Island, Nebraska.
  Funeral services were held at St. Patrick Church in Corning, March 14 at 10 a.m. with Father Lloyd Connolly officiating.
  Pallbearers were four sons, Steven, Thomas, David and Robert and his nephews, Jay Holste and Dan Hatton of Springfield, Illinois. Military services were held at the graveside. Interment was in Calvary Cemetery, Corning, Iowa.
(Adams County Free Press, Thursday, March 20, 1975)

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