Lindsay B. Walters, Jr.
Lindsay B. Walters, Jr., 87, of Hopwood, Pa., passed away Sunday, December 29, 2002 at Mt. Macrina Manor.
He was born December 5, 1915 in Continental, Pa. An admired, much loved and hard-working husband and father, Lindsay worked as a welder in the shipyards at Newport News, Virginia and Philadelphia, Pa. Continuing on with U.S. Steel in Ambridge, he notably was awarded a Navy E-pin for defense work during World War II. He was a self-employed contractor in the steel erection business and a member of Iron Workers Union Local 549. An avid sportsman, he organized many hunting and fishing trips to Canada, Lake Erie and the Chesapeake Bay for his buddies.
Preceding him in death was his wife Madelyn Mae in 1990.
He is survived by two daughters, Beverly Jean Ullein and Judith Anne McCarthy both of Uniontown; his son Lindsay B. “Jack” Walters III of Hopwood; eight grandchildren, Todd Donald Wohler, Brett Alan Wohler, Kurt Wade Wohler, Jeffrey King, Michelle Renee King, Mark Mori, Brian S. Walters and Kimberly Miller; and 15 great grandchildren.
The family will receive those paying respects in the DONALD R. CRAWFORD FUNERAL HOME, Hopwood, Pa., today from 7 to 9 p.m. and Thursday until 11 a.m., the hour of the service, with the Rev. Art Mace officiating.
Interment will follow in Christ Lutheran Cemetery, Chalk Hill, Pa.