Dalton, Mary Ruth, of St. Charles, Missouri, died on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at the age of 74. Dear wife of the late George W. Dalton; beloved daughter to the late Robert and Martha Brown Ferguson; devoted mother to Anita (Mathias) Telkamp and Constance (Mark) Swink; dearest grandmother to Carey (Michael) Gallatin, Matthew Ellis, Leaha Ellis, Justin (Jessica) Dalton, Jeremy Green, and Zachary Green; and beloved great-grandmother to Cira Dalton. She was a homemaker.