1940 – 2015

FARMINGTON — Patricia “Pat” L. Walton, 75, a resident of Fayette. Another angel received her wings Christmas morning at Sandy River Center in Farmington.

She was born on Easter Sunday, March 24, 1940, in an adobe brick schoolhouse in Montrose, Colo., to Glenn and Lucille (Cheek) Ladd. Easter was always her favorite holiday.

She was raised and educated in Orange, Texas. Pat was an acclaimed rope-twirler. While on the Stark High School rope-twirling team, she was honored to have been chosen to perform on the 50-yard line during the halftime show at the Cotton Bowl game in Dallas, Texas, and afterward was thrilled to enjoy a celebratory cheeseburger and milkshake with movie star James Arness of the award-winning television series “Gunsmoke.”

Pat came to Livermore Falls in 1958. On May 3, 1966, at Moose Hill Baptist Church in Livermore Falls, she married Clyde D. Walton and they made their home and raised their family in Fayette. She was employed at Berry Hill Orchard Company and Berry Hill Agway as a bookkeeper for 40 years until her retirement.

Pat spent her life devoted to helping others, particularly the elderly and those less fortunate. She loved flowers and plants and spending time with family and friends, especially her grandchildren and elderly friends. She was well-known for her pecan pies at Christmas. She would order the pecans from her home state of Texas in plenty of time to make the pies. Most years she would make over 200 pies to distribute to friends throughout the community.

Pat loved her family and had a very special aunt and uncle, Everett and Naomi Cheek of Wenatchee, Wash. She loved her time spent with them, either on the occasional visit or the frequent telephone conversations. Pat was a devoted and wonderful wife, mother, grandmother and friend to many.

She is survived by her husband of 50 years, Clyde D. Walton of Fayette; her son, Glenn A. Walton and his wife, Lynn (West) Walton, of Sanford, and their sons, Jeffrey Walton and longtime companion, Sondra Schildroth, of Bangor, and Cole West of Sanford; and her son, Tim C. Walton and his wife, Marian, and their two children, Tate and Tulane (Lanie), of Livermore; a sister, Vivian Rowell of Baton Rouge, La.; a brother, Allan Ladd and his wife, Theda, of Denton, Texas; and brother-in-law, Francis M. Walton Jr. of Sidney.

She was predeceased by her parents and a sister, Lois Young.

Messages of condolence may be sent to www.finleyfuneralhome.com.