Cheri Hallett Walton
Cheri Hallett Walton, born Cheryl Susan Hallett to Richard Carroll Hallett and Joan-Betty Howells Hallett of northern Maine on July 21, 1956, passed away peacefully in her home on April 11th, 2025. She is predeceased by her parents, daughter Rian Hallett Walton, and brother Steven Ralph Hallett.
Cheri struck out to “find herself” back in the 1970’s in a beat up station wagon as she went west to find bigger and better things in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. While there she squatted in mountainside cabins taking on any work she could find while exploring the mountains and chopping wood for heat. There she at first made her living taking odd jobs at the surrounding ski resorts, where she also learned to ski, challenging herself with the double and, more rare, triple black diamond trails. Nothing much seemed to scare Cheri in those days. This is where she met, married, and was then blessed with a beautiful baby girl, Rian. After divorcing, Cheri and Rian relocated back in New Hampshire to be closer to the family they loved and dearly missed.
Cheri was an Accountant by trade with a degree in Accounting from Hesser College where she graduated with a 4.0 GPA. She was and will be remembered for her incredible intellect and recall and being commonly called the ‘Grammar Queen’ by her family. She was a strong Christian woman who studied the Bible with a passion and was such an incredible resource to her family and friends. She also loved music and spent many of her younger years singing with her sister, Lori.
Cheri’s greatest passion was for motherhood which she excelled at with her beautiful and equally talented daughter Rian. When Rian was 10 years old she took ill and was ultimately diagnosed with cancer. Cheri immediately dropped everything and stood by her daughter’s side as she underwent two years of chemotherapy. Her constant resilience, motherly love, and support for Rian went unwavering for years until Rian went into remission. They joined in family vacations, get togethers, and church gatherings as both Cheri and Rian were both faithfully involved with Christian Bible Church in Nashua, NH. It wasn’t long later that Rian’s cancer returned and took our sweet girl from us.
Devasted from the return of Rian’s cancer and losing her at such a young age, Cheri was at a loss for point and purpose and, in reaching for such, accepted a relocation offer when her employer was moving operations to Wisconsin. Cheri jumped at this opportunity and had been in Wisconsin ever since where she was blessed with a new best friend she referred to as her “adopted” sister Kim (Anderson) Koch as well as many other friends and acquaintances.
Cheri was a woman of strong faith and values. She especially loved coming home to New Hampshire to visit her siblings, her favorite niece, her nephews, and most importantly her great nephews whom she loving referred to as the “seat stealing goons and little goons”. It brings us all a sense of relief to know that she is reunited with Rian and has received her long awaited embrace.
Cheri is survived by her sisters: Laurel Hallett Cavanaugh, Tracey Hanlon & her husband Edward; her favorite niece Vanessa Gregoire & her husband Austin; her nephews Victor Soucy Jr & his wife Sarah, Myles Jadis & his fiancée Hannah Pineault, Seth Hallett, Taylor Hallett, Thomas Hanlon, Nicholas Hanlon, Adam Hanlon, and Jacob Hanlon; great-nephews Luke and Joseph Gregoire, Liam and Landon Soucy.
SERVICES: Visitation will be held on Thursday, April 24, 2025, at Davis Funeral Home, one Lock Street, Nashua, NH 03064 from 11 AM – 1 PM with a funeral service to immediately follow. Interment in graveside prayers will follow at 2 PM at Edgewood cemetery 107 Amherst St., Nashua, NH 03064. Family and friends are invited to attend.