ALTON G. SNOWDON, a Hingham resident for 60 years, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 26th, 2013 at his home at the age of 83. Mr. Snowdon was a U.S. Army Korean War veteran and then served as shop chief of the Mass. National Guard Maintenance Shop in Quincy for many years retiring in 1990. He had a love of restoring wagons and sleighs and for 20 years, on Sundays, would drive his horse and wagon around Hingham.
He was the husband of Dorothy Stephenson Snowdon of Hingham and father of Gail Snowdon and her husband Philip Hult of Illinois, Ellen Snowdon Hatch and her husband Pastor Edward Hatch of Maine, Jane Snowdon of New York, Margaret Snowdon-Messinger and her husband Steven Messinger of Hanson and Jennifer Snowdon Mechan and her husband Robert Mechan of Carver. Brother of Dale Snowdon of Newburyport and the late Harris Snowdon, William Snowdon and Ann Charpentier. Grandfather of Elizabeth Houghton and Esther McKay and great grandfather of Samantha Houghton.
The funeral services and interment were private. Visiting hours and flowers were omitted by request.