Nathan Halsey Dayton, an East Hampton native who lived in North Fort Myers, Fla., died on June 28 at the age of 99.
A member of East Hampton High School’s class of 1942, Mr. Dayton served in the Navy during World War II and then went to work for Bell Telephone.
He was a member of the East Hampton Presbyterian Church and the Westhampton Beach Methodist Church, and later of Good Shepherd Methodist Church in Fort Myers. He enjoyed golf and football and continued to bowl into his older years, scoring a 300 at the age of 83.
He was born in East Hampton on July 15, 1924, to Nathan Halsey Dayton and the former Emma Warner.
Mr. Dayton and Dorothy Collins were married in September of 1944. They had four children. Mrs. Dayton died in 1991.
A daughter and a son, Lucia Dayton and Mark Dayton, both of Florida, survive, along with five grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and a sister, Shirley Dayton Eckart of Westhampton Beach. Two sons, John Phillip Dayton and Nathan Halsey Dayton III, died before him.
