Richard R. Wilton, 85,  beloved husband of Belva J. (Daubney) Wilton of Gardner Street, Hamilton, died December 9, 2010 in the Kaplan Family Hospice, Danvers following his  long illness.

Born in Milford, December 5, 1925 he was the son  of the late Stanley M. and Sara (Lane) Wilton. Mr. Wilton  was a Class of 1947 graduate of Harvard College, 1955 graduate of New York University Business School and a 1961 graduate of Stonier School of Banking. For several years he was employed at Guaranty Trust of New York and from 1955 and until his  retirement in 1990 he  served as the Vice President of Marketing with the First National Bank of Boston. He also served as a trustee with the Berklee College of Music, was his Harvard Class Treasurer, a Treasurer of the Left Handed Golfers Association and was a member of the First Church in Wenham.

In addition to his wife he is survived by three sons, Richard Wilton of Marthas Vinyard, Craig Green and his wife Deborah of Peabody and Mark Green of North Carolina; four daughters, Leslie Lawton and her husband Barry of Winthrop, Melissa Wilton of Holliston, Marilyn Hopkins and her husband Thomas of Tunisia and Synda Green of Rockport and eleven grandchildren.

His memorial service will be held Saturday, January 22 at 1:00 pm at First Church in Wenham. Family and friends are respectfully welcomed. Arrangements under the direction of the Whittier-Porter Funeral home of Ipswich.