Robert Dalton, 92, died Saturday, January 7, 2023 in Stillwater, OK. A memorial service will be 1:30 p.m. Friday, January 13, 2023 at the Strode Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Tulsa, OK under the direction of Strode Funeral Home.
He was born on June 9, 1930 to Glenn and Elizabeth Dalton in Fort Gibson, OK. After his high school education, he attended Oklahoma State University studying Business which led to a 37-year career in oil and gas with Cities Service Oil Company/Occidental Petroleum. Jean Dalton became his wife on May 12, 1956, in Bartlesville, OK.
Attending OSU football, basketball and wrestling events kept him busy when he was not at the fishing hole. He was a member of the Savoy Men’s Breakfast Club, Cedar Crest Country Club in Locust Grove, OK. His church affiliations included Asbury Methodist Church in Tulsa, OK and First United Methodist Church in Stillwater, OK.
Preceding him in death were his parents.
Survivors include his wife, Jean; children, John Dalton, Susan Stewart and Barbara Dalton; grandchildren, Sarah Hall & husband Matt Hall, Scarlet Gylland, Stacy Baker & husband Garrett Baker and Ryan Davis; great grandchildren, Aubrey Baker, Garrett Baker and Brent Baker.