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Olive J. Santon

Olive J. Santon, 84, of Fort Wayne, IN, and a native of Huntington, IN, died Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009, at Hamilton House in Fort Wayne.

Miss Stanton was born Sept. 23, 1924, in Huntington to Edgar R. and Anna Bowne Santon.

She graduated from Warren High School in 1942, earned a bachelor's degree from Anderson College in 1949, and received a master's degree from Ball State University in 1956. She was a teacher with the Fort Wayne Community Schools for 37 years, teaching at Haley Elementary and Anthony Wayne schools. She retired in 1985. She was a former member of the Sherman Street Church of God and a member of the Christian Business and Professional Women's Council and the Fort Wayne Artists Guild.

A service was held Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009, at D. O. McComb & Sons Lakeside Park Funeral Home, Fort Wayne, with Rev. Fred Brand officiating. Burial was at Fairview Cemetery, Bluffton.

Preferred memorials are gifts to the Anderson University Scholarship Fund.