Vernon A. Alt, 82


Vernon A. Alt, 82, of Dorcas, W.Va., died Friday, Jan. 12, 2007, at Grant County Nursing Home in Petersburg, W.Va.

Mr. Alt was born Feb. 1, 1924, in Branch (now Smoke Hole), W.Va., and was a son of the late George E. Alt and Emma F. Shreve Alt.

He worked in sawmills and on the pipeline until 1952. He worked for GATX for 32 years and during that time, he was a boiler maker and a member of the Brotherhood Union of Boiler Makers. He retired in 1984 and returned to Petersburg. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army at Iwo Jima, Saipan, and Okinawa. He was a member of Petersburg American Legion Post No.68.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Ada Cosner Alt.

Survivors include his wife, Linda Thyng Alt, whom he married June 23, 1978; two daughters, Linda J. Mullins and Margaret Holmes, both of Elkton, Md.; three sons, Michael Lyons of Maysville, W.Va., Ed Alt of Valley Lee, Md., and Robert J. Alt of Elkton, Md.; one half brother, Junior P. Alt of Poultney, Vt.; 11 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter.

Pastor Seth Vance will conduct the funeral 11 a.m. today at the Kimble Funeral Home in Franklin, W.Va. Burial will be at Cherry Hill Cemetery in Upper Tract, W.Va. with military graveside services by members of the Pendleton County Honor Guard.

Friends were received Sunday at the funeral home.

Memorial donations may be made to a charity of choice.