OBIT: Edward Martin WALTERS, 1987, native of Garrett, Somerset County, PA
  
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  EDWARD MARTIN WALTERS
  
    Edward Martin Walters 65, of Westport, Oregon, died Thursday, June
  11, 1987, at Ft. Stevens State Park.
    He was born December 5, 1921, in Garrett.
    He is survived by two sons John Walters, Westport; Bill Walters
  Broadbent, Oregon; two daughters, Susan Walters, Seattle, Washington;
  and Eleanor Spellman, Anchorage, Alaska; two sisters, Dorothy Long,
  Winterhaven Fla.; and Eleanor Kowelewski, Hollywood, Fla.; and a
  granddaughter, Sarah granddaughter, Anchorage, Alaska.
    He was a graduate of Meyersdale High School and attended the
  University of Pittsburgh.  He served in the U.S. Navy, serving in the
  Pacific Theatre.  He had worked at the Westport sawmill and was a
  teacher and coach at Westport School for 31 years- served as
  principal at the Westport Knappa's Hilda Lahti and Quincy-Mayger
  schools.  He retired in 1985.
    The Rev. Joel Schmitz, Faith Lutheran Church, officiated at the
  funeral.  Interment, Westport Cemetery.
    Haakinson-Groulx Mortuary, Clatskanie, was in charge of
  arrangements.
  
  The Republic, July 9, 1987
  
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