LeMars Sentinel, Tuesday, June 21, 1921, Page 1, Column 1:

WALTER STINTON SUCCUMBS TO A BRIEF ILLNESS
RESIDENT OF JOHNSON TOWNSHIP

Walter J. Stinton, a life long resident of Plymouth county, died at a local
hospital on Saturday night following a brief illness caused by acute
peritonitis.

Walter Stinton was a member of one of the pioneer families of this county,
his father, Thos. Stinton, having come to Jackson county, Iowa in 1852, and
to Plymouth county in 1871, when he homesteaded in Johnson township. Walter
Stinton was born on his homestead on February 27, 1879, and lived in that
vicinity all his life. He attended school and assisted his father on the
farm and when he arrived at man's estate embarked in farming on his own
account. He was a successful farmer, prominent in the community and was
respected by all who knew him and his early death is a great blow to his
family and many friends. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Lillian
Hammond, before her marriage. He also leaves his aged father, Thomas
Stinton, of Akron, a brother Ralph, who lives in Johnson township, and a
sister, Mrs. Wesley Burrill, of Akron, to mourn his death.

The funeral services were held yesterday afternoon from the home and the
interment made in the Adaville cemetery. A very large number of people
attended the funeral to testify to the respect in which the deceased was
held and to show sympathy to the bereaved family.