NAME(S) ON TILE:                 THE COLTONS:

JIM, BOB, RUTH, LOIS, BERT, LEAH, GRANT

DONOR NAME(S):                   TED C. SOENS

The Magnificent Seven - that is what we call our fathers and mothers, uncles and aunts who have so enriched our lives.  These seven children of Theodore and Rose Colton - Jim, Bob, Ruth (Woods), Lois (Soens), Leah (Rupp), Bert, and Grant - grew up on Standish Street in the Morningside neighborhood.  There they attended the local public elementary school and then graduated from Peabody High School in East Liberty.  Their family life was a happy one with strong memories of giving, caring, laughing, and sharing.  And these attitudes and values they passed on to their children.  While maintaining a close relationship, each pursued his or her own path.  The boys entered the working world as a banker, an insurance underwriter, a small-business owner, and the owner of a valve company.  The girls, as was the custom in their day, became the homemakers and the nurturers of their children.  After successfully meeting these challenges, they became active in their churches and held jobs in a variety of occupations.  World travelers, sports enthusiasts, contributors to their communities, helpers of the less fortunate, the Coltons were all of these and more.  Upon people such as these, does a society build its strength.