Berniece Tilton 1927-2021

Berniece L. Tilton, 94, Hoyt, died Monday, Dec. 6, 2021, at Medicalodges Jackson County Nursing Home in Holton.

She was born Sept. 10, 1927, at Westmoreland, the daughter of Edward and Ida Grace May Wege. She graduated from Westmoreland High School in 1945 as class valedictorian.

Mrs. Tilton was a homemaker. She was also the bookkeeper for their business, Tilton’s Trash Service in Topeka, for more than 25 years.

She married Harold M. Tilton on July 23, 1945, at Holton. He died Nov. 7, 2009.

She was also preceded in death by her parents; a son, Gary Tilton and wife Bambi; a granddaughter, Amy Naylor, in 2014; seven brothers, Edwin, Alfred, Herbert, Clarence, August, Calvin and Paul Wege; and two sisters, Alta Faye Bear and Ida Garland.

Survivors include a son, Harold Tilton Jr. and wife Joanie, Hoyt; a daughter, Linda J. Tilton, Topeka; five grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 11 at Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hoyt. Burial will follow in Hoyt Cemetery. Mrs. Tilton will lie in state from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday at the.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Helping Hands Humane Society, sent in care of Chapel Oaks Funeral Home, P.O. Box 280, Hoyt, KS 66440.