James Roland Lawton
January 24, 1934 — July 17, 2011
James Roland Lawton, 77, passed away July 17, 2011 near Elsinore. He was born January 24, 1934 in Long Beach, California to Roland and Loraine Dorothy Eberhart Lawton. He married Isis Brown, later divorced. He married Judith Ann Phelps March 17, 1979 in Carson City, Nevada. The marriage was solemnized January 1981 in the Bellvue Washington Temple.
After graduating from Jordan High School, Jim life guarded at Green Valley Lake. He served honorable in the US Coast Guard for six years, three of which were on the "Voice of America" in Rhodes, Greece. He graduated from college and loved being a teacher to elementary school children. He returned to Green Valley Lake as a real estate broker, a contractor and log home manufacturer.
Jim was a life-long learner, who love and lived every minute of every day to the fullest. He was a friend to all people. He was forever young and invited all to his 100 th birthday party in 2034. Most of all, he was a devoted family man.
Survived by his wife Judy, of Monroe; children: Brian (Marna) Price, San Clemente, CA; Jeff (Marcia) Price, Escondido, CA; Shery Gonzales, Dunsmuir, CA; Janet (David Genovese) Reilly, Aliso Viejo, CA; Billy Lawton, Monroe; 17 grandchildren and 1 great-grandson; sister, Carol (Robert) Hotchkiss, Havre, Montana. Preceded in death by parents; step-father, Stuart Weber; brother, Freddie Lawton.
Graveside services and interment will be held Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 1:15 p.m. in the Riverside National Veterans Cemetery in Riverside, California with military honors. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti.