Bruce Dayton memorial service details updated

November 13, 2015 at 5:25PM
Bruce Dayton, who died Friday, Nov. 13, 2015, was a legendary benefactor of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, where he was a trustee for 73 years. He's pictured in 2002.
Department store magnate and philanthropist Bruce Dayton died Friday, Nov. 13, 2015, at 97. (Colleen Kelly — Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Services for Bruce Bliss Dayton, who died Friday at 97, will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1200 South Marquette Av., in Minneapolis.

The Dayton family has deep ties to Westminster . Bruce Dayton's grandfather George Dayton Draper was a chuch elder and trustee in the early 1900s.

Update: The day and time of the memorial has been changed and this story now reflects that.

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