George Garton
Garton Elementary School, located at 2820 E. 24th Street, is named in the honor of George Garton. He served as secretary to the Des Moines School Board for 27 years. Garton died in 1949 and is buried in Block 12 of Woodland Cemetery.
This photograph is part of a photo essay prepared for Memorial Day 2013 of the tombstones of the namesakes of public schools in Des Moines, both past and present. If you have additional information to share for this project, please send us a message via Flickr.
George Garton
Garton Elementary School, located at 2820 E. 24th Street, is named in the honor of George Garton. He served as secretary to the Des Moines School Board for 27 years. Garton died in 1949 and is buried in Block 12 of Woodland Cemetery.
This photograph is part of a photo essay prepared for Memorial Day 2013 of the tombstones of the namesakes of public schools in Des Moines, both past and present. If you have additional information to share for this project, please send us a message via Flickr.