Diana Dayton Dalton, former resident

Diana Dayton Dalton of Minor Bridge Road, Roxbury, a former Ridgefielder who had lived in many parts of the world, died Friday, Dec. 13, at her home. She was 62 years old and the wife of Howard William Dalton.
Mrs. Dalton was born in New Rochelle, N.Y., on May 3, 1940, daughter of the late Eldorous Lyons and Diane Gauthier Dayton. She spent her early years in Larchmont, Armonk and Bronxville, N.Y., attending Westchester area schools and graduated from Le Chatelaine in Gstaad, Switzerland. She attended Parsons School of Design in New York City, N.Y., and had worked as a buyer for Lord & Taylor in New York City when she met her husband, an oil geologist, at a party in 1965.
The Daltons came to Ridgefield in 1987, living on Griffith Lane off and on while on assignments overseas until last year.
She and her husband traveled extensively and had lived in Pakistan, Venezuela, England, and Egypt, as well as New York, Chicago, Ill., and Houston, Texas.
She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Dalton is survived by a son, Matthew Lyons Dalton of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; two daughters, Elizabeth Dalton Sullivan of New Britain and Diana Gauthier Dalton of Roxbury; a brother, Peter Eldorous Dayton of Heathrow, Fla.; and five grandchildren.
Services will take place on Saturday, Dec. 21, at 3 p.m., at the Lillis Funeral Home, 58 Bridge Street, New Milford. Burial will be private at the convenience of the family.
Friends may call at the Lillis Funeral Home on Saturday from 1 to 3.
Contributions in her memory may be made to New Milford Visiting Nurse Association, 68 Park Lane Road, New Milford, CT 06776.