Helen Berglund Dayton

NHS Administrative Assistant For Many Years

Helen Berglund Dayton, 88, of Kill Devil Hills, N.C., and formerly of Newtown, died October 4. Born in Worchester, Mass., she was the daughter of Effie Josephine Orcutt and Harry George Berglund.

Mrs Dayton was an administrative assistant at Newtown High School for 30 years.

She is survived by one son, Daniel Dayton, and wife Angela, of Brookfield; two daughters, Patricia Jordan and Susan Dayton, both of Kill Devil Hills; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two sisters, Edith Tenney and Janet Taylor; and one brother, Harold Berglund. She was preceded in death by her husband, Warren Kain Dayton, a sister, Ruth Burr, and a brother, Kenneth T. Berglund. 

She attended the Thomas A. Baum Senior Center in Kill Devil Hills, and was a resident of the Outer Banks for more than 25 years, moving there from Newtown.

A private service will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Community Home Care and Hospice, 1601 North Road, St Elizabeth City NC 27909.

Twiford Funeral Homes’ Colony Chapel, Manteo, N.C., is assisting the family with arrangements. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.twifordfh.com.

The Newtown Bee        October 7, 2011