Jane M. Wheldon

Jane M. Wheldon, age 87, of Savanna, Illinois, died Monday, August 15, 2005, at FHN Memorial Hospital in Freeport, Illinois. Funeral Services will be held 2:30 p.m. Saturday, August 20, 2005 at First United Methodist Church in Savanna. Pastor Lisa Mapes will officiate. Burial will be in the Sterling Cemetery, Sterling, Iowa. Friends may call from 6:00-8:00 p.m., Friday August 19, 2005 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home, Savanna, Illinois. Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church in Savanna. Jane was born October 27, 1917 in Miles, Iowa, the daughter of Severt and Mary Jane (Giddings) Larsen. On June 1, 1938 Jane married Burton E. Dalton in Lyons, Iowa. Burton passed away on April 4, 1977. On October 23, 1981, Jane married Keith Wheldon. Keith passed away on March 11, 2004.
Jane and Burton owned and operated Burton E. Dalton Construction Company in Preston, Iowa. In 1962 they moved to Savanna and owned and operated the “Off The Hyway Motel”, retiring in 1973.
Jane was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Savanna. She was a member of the United Methodist Women; the Esther Circle; the Wa Tan Ye Club and the Savanna Moose Lodge. Jane loved flowers, craftwork, and decorating for every holiday.
Jane will be deeply missed by her son, Lawrence B. Dalton of Davenport, Iowa; her daughter, Kathleen K. (Robert E.) Manning of St. Charles, Illinois; two granddaughters, Renee’ (Luis) Herrera of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and Rebecca (R. Scott) Silvester of Stanford Connecticut; and one great granddaughter, Carolina Herrera; and one great grandson, Luis-Raul Herrera.
Both of her husbands precede Jane in death.