Alexandra Marie Hamilton

Memorial services for Alexandra Marie “Alex” Hamilton, 19, Meriden, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Meriden United Methodist Church. Cremation is planned.Ms. Hamilton died Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009, at her home in Meriden of complications from an illness. She was born May 7, 1989, in Vineland, N.J., the daughter of Michael Edward and Tina Jane Wallace Hamilton. She had lived in Meriden several years. She was a 2007 graduate of Jefferson West High School and worked as a checkout cashier at Country Harvest Grocery Store in Meriden. Ms. Hamilton was a member of the Meriden United Methodist Church.Survivors include a son, Christian Michael Hamilton, of the home; her father, Michael E. Hamilton, Meriden; her mother, Tina J. Allen, Topeka; two sisters, Amanda M. Hamilton, Meriden, and Angela M. Hamilton, Topeka; her paternal grandparents, Gordon and Shirley Hamilton, Topeka; and the father of her son, Brenton Stroud, Topeka.The family suggests memorials to the Christian Michael Hamilton education fund, sent in care of Barnett-Chapel Oaks Meriden Chapel, P.O. Box 331, Meriden, KS 66512, or in care of Denison State Bank, P.O. Box 288, Meriden, KS 66512.