Merle Edwin Eaton
1921 - 2012 (91 years)-
Name Merle Edwin Eaton Born 18 Oct 1921 Riverton, Fremont County, Wyoming 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Male Died 25 Nov 2012 Greeley, Weld County, Colorado [3, 4] Buried Mountain View Cemetery, Riverton, Fremont County, Wyoming [3] Person ID I1360 Hedges Last Modified 6 Oct 2023
Father Harvey Albert Eaton, b. 9 Sep 1888, Kansas , d. 18 Jul 1965, Riverton, Fremont County, Wyoming (Age 76 years) Mother Goldie May Gardner, b. 20 Sep 1896, North Salem, Linn County, Missouri , d. 21 Jan 1990, Riverton, Fremont County, Wyoming (Age 93 years) Family ID F78 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Marian Farrens, b. 29 Apr 1925, Herrick, Gregory County, South Dakota , d. 15 Aug 1998, Riverton, Fremont County, Wyoming (Age 73 years) Married 23 Sep 1943 Children 1. Daryl Eugene Eaton, b. 20 Sep 1949, Lander, Fremont County, Wyoming , d. 10 Oct 1988, Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota (Age 39 years)2. Alan Lee Eaton, b. 12 Dec 1951, d. 16 Nov 2008 (Age 56 years) Last Modified 9 Apr 2023 Family ID F496 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 18 Oct 1921 - Riverton, Fremont County, Wyoming 
Died - 25 Nov 2012 - Greeley, Weld County, Colorado 
Buried - - Mountain View Cemetery, Riverton, Fremont County, Wyoming = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Merle E. Eaton, 91, of Greeley, born October 18, 1921 in Riverton, Wyoming to Harvey and Goldie (Gardner) Eaton. He married Marian Farrens. Merle left to be with his maker on Sunday, November 25, 2012.
Merle was raised on a farm in Riverton, Wyoming on Riverview Route. . He and his Dad farmed together several years. He worked on Square S Ranch, Piceance Creek in Western Colorado and then Meeker, Colorado. He moved to Greeley and worked for the Great Western Sugar Factory in Greeley and Eaton. He was involved with building the walking dragline at Point of Rocks (Bitter Creek) Wyoming. Merle was a business agent for Operating Engineers and was involved with building the Wheatland Power Plant in Wheatland, Wyoming.
Survivors include his children; Mary Achziger, of Eaton, Dale Eaton of Laramie, Wyoming, Sharon (Milt) Slagowoski, of Lyman, Wyoming, Judy (Gary) Mason, of Eaton, and Richard (Bobbie) Eaton of Silt, Colorado, several Grandchildren, Great-grandchildren, and Great-great grandchildren who love and will miss him.
He is preceded in death by his father, Harvey Eaton and his mother. Goldie (Gardner) Eaton Farrens , his wife, Marian Farrens, a daughter, Jean Ann Eaton, sisters, Mildred Chapman and Zelma Smith, sons, Daryl Eaton and Alan Eaton, son-in-law, Clarence Achziger and grandson, Mark Ashman.
A memorial service to celebrate Merle’s life will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 1st at the Moser Funeral Service Chapel, 3501 S. 11th Avenue, Evans, Colorado.
Memorial gifts can be made to Judy Mason in care of Moser Funeral Service.
https://www.moserfuneralservice.com/obituaries/Merle-Eaton-25075/#!/Obituary
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- Merle E. Eaton, 91, of Greeley, born October 18, 1921 in Riverton, Wyoming to Harvey and Goldie (Gardner) Eaton. He married Marian Farrens. Merle left to be with his maker on Sunday, November 25, 2012.
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