Christie L. Alton

1940 ~ 2024

Christie Lichliter Alton, 83, of Lancaster, passed away peacefully Tuesday, July 2, 2024, at St. Anne’s Retirement Community, Columbia, PA, with her family at her side. She was the wife of Bruce T. Alton, with whom she shared 62 years of marriage, one son, and 10 dogs.

Christie was born July 26, 1940, in St. Louis, MO, to the late Rev. James M. Lichliter and the late Mary Jane Evans. She later became the stepdaughter of the late Marilyn Yeager Lichliter. Christie attended the John Burroughs School (St. Louis), Old Trail School (Akron, OH), and Ohio Wesleyan University, where she met her future husband. Their first date was a formal ROTC ball, a picture of which Bruce still carries in his wallet. They wed August 25, 1962.