EASTON, Walter

The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ December 10, 1954, p. 1 Elderly Man Dies After Car Crash The death of Walter Easton, 84-year-old Kirkland, Ariz., resident in Community Hospital here at 1:45 a.m. Thursday, brought to six the total of highway fatalities in this patrol area for the year to date. Mr. EASTON died of injuries received at 11 a.m.. Wednesday when, according to the highway patrol, he drove his car into the rear of a Highway Department truck parked on the shoulder of Highway 89 some 11 miles north of Wickenburg. G. C. McFADDEN, Highway Department employee who was seated in the cab of the truck was thrown out, receiving a cut over the eye which required 10 stitches, and injuries to his leg and hip. Pioneer Resident - Mr. Easton, a resident of Arizona since 1892 and who had lived in many sections of the state, worked at one time on the Parker cut-off, now a part of the Santa Fe railway system and lived in Wenden and Vicksburg. He had never married. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Annette HARWOOD of Hollywood, Calif., and a nephew, Verne EASTON of Tucson. The latter arrived in Wickenburg Thursday morning. The body was to be taken to California for burial.