Charles “Chuck” H Dalton, Jr, 92, of Waterloo died Saturday, August 3, 2013 at Covenant Medical Center of natural causes.

He was born June 30, 1921 in Clay City, Indiana the son of Charles H. Sr. and Ernestine Pierce Dalton.

Chuck graduated from high school in Waukegan, IL in 1939. He received his BS degree in Industrial Economics from Iowa State University in 1948.

He married Betty Ann Landgraf July 8, 1944 in Quantico, Virginia. She died June 23, 2011.

He served during WWII in the 1st Division United States Marine Corps in Okinawa. In 1950, he was recalled to active duty to serve again in the Korean War. He was a Captain in the 1st Division at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir for which he was awarded the Bronze Star.

Chuck started Dalton Hardware in 1949 and it became Dalton Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling in 1959. He sold the business to his employees when he retired in 1986. He was a member of First Congregational Church in Waterloo. He was a member of both the Waterloo and Cedar Falls Chambers of Commerce and was Waterloo Chamber Citizen of the Year; Waterloo Downtown Rotary; past president of Waterloo Downtown Exchange Club; past president of Waterloo School Board; past president of Iowa Retail Hardware Association; chair of the board that oversaw the St. Francis and Schoitz Hospitals merger; lifetime member of Waterloo BPOE #290 and American Legion Post #138; and active in SCORE counseling small businesses.

He is survived by a son Charles H “Chip” (Diane) Dalton, III of Meadowlakes, Texas and a daughter Ann Louise (Steve Swenson) Dalton of Seattle, Washington. He is also survived by six grandchildren: Chase Dalton, Jed Dalton, Lars Swenson, Danielle Coulter, Michelle Coulter, and Haley Coulter; and a brother Robert E. Dalton of Mooresville, Indiana.

He is preceded in death by a brother Dean A. Dalton.