Carl K. Walters Jr., 80, of Lewes and formerly of Lancaster, Pa., died Sunday, Dec. 5, 2004, in Beebe Medical Center, Lewes.
Mr. Walters was born in Lancaster, the son of the late Carl Sr. and Laura Kline Walters.
He retired as a master sergeant from the U.S. Army in 1967, after serving his country for 24 years in Turkey, Korea and Germany, and with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He had also previously served in the U.S. Navy and was a survivor of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
After his retirement from the armed forces, he served as the Lancaster, Pa. city streets superintendent from 1968 to 1970 and then was a building supplies salesman until 1978.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Lewes, and the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association and a life member of Disabled American Veterans Association, and formerly was a member of Media Heights Golf Club.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Ella Mae Lear Walters, in 1970; and by two sisters.
He is survived by his wife, Felice E. Paterniani Walters of Coatesville, Pa.; three sons and two daughters-in-law, Kim K. Walters and Wayne C. and Nancy Wooten Walters, all of Wilmington, and Skip J. and Pamela Bupp Walters of Lancaster; two daughters and a son-in-law, Sandra and Laurence Hall of Millersville, Pa. and Lynn M. Paules of Lancaster; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Edna L. Carson of Lancaster and Geraldine L. Sides of Leola, Pa.
Services and burial were held in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Pa., with full military honors.
Mr. Walters was born in Lancaster, the son of the late Carl Sr. and Laura Kline Walters.
He retired as a master sergeant from the U.S. Army in 1967, after serving his country for 24 years in Turkey, Korea and Germany, and with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He had also previously served in the U.S. Navy and was a survivor of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
After his retirement from the armed forces, he served as the Lancaster, Pa. city streets superintendent from 1968 to 1970 and then was a building supplies salesman until 1978.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Lewes, and the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association and a life member of Disabled American Veterans Association, and formerly was a member of Media Heights Golf Club.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Ella Mae Lear Walters, in 1970; and by two sisters.
He is survived by his wife, Felice E. Paterniani Walters of Coatesville, Pa.; three sons and two daughters-in-law, Kim K. Walters and Wayne C. and Nancy Wooten Walters, all of Wilmington, and Skip J. and Pamela Bupp Walters of Lancaster; two daughters and a son-in-law, Sandra and Laurence Hall of Millersville, Pa. and Lynn M. Paules of Lancaster; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Edna L. Carson of Lancaster and Geraldine L. Sides of Leola, Pa.
Services and burial were held in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Pa., with full military honors.
Carl K. Walters Jr., 80, of Lewes and formerly of Lancaster, Pa., died Sunday, Dec. 5, 2004, in Beebe Medical Center, Lewes.
Mr. Walters was born in Lancaster, the son of the late Carl Sr. and Laura Kline Walters.
He retired as a master sergeant from the U.S. Army in 1967, after serving his country for 24 years in Turkey, Korea and Germany, and with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He had also previously served in the U.S. Navy and was a survivor of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
After his retirement from the armed forces, he served as the Lancaster, Pa. city streets superintendent from 1968 to 1970 and then was a building supplies salesman until 1978.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Lewes, and the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association and a life member of Disabled American Veterans Association, and formerly was a member of Media Heights Golf Club.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Ella Mae Lear Walters, in 1970; and by two sisters.
He is survived by his wife, Felice E. Paterniani Walters of Coatesville, Pa.; three sons and two daughters-in-law, Kim K. Walters and Wayne C. and Nancy Wooten Walters, all of Wilmington, and Skip J. and Pamela Bupp Walters of Lancaster; two daughters and a son-in-law, Sandra and Laurence Hall of Millersville, Pa. and Lynn M. Paules of Lancaster; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Edna L. Carson of Lancaster and Geraldine L. Sides of Leola, Pa.
Services and burial were held in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Pa., with full military honors.
Mr. Walters was born in Lancaster, the son of the late Carl Sr. and Laura Kline Walters.
He retired as a master sergeant from the U.S. Army in 1967, after serving his country for 24 years in Turkey, Korea and Germany, and with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He had also previously served in the U.S. Navy and was a survivor of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
After his retirement from the armed forces, he served as the Lancaster, Pa. city streets superintendent from 1968 to 1970 and then was a building supplies salesman until 1978.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Lewes, and the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association and a life member of Disabled American Veterans Association, and formerly was a member of Media Heights Golf Club.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Ella Mae Lear Walters, in 1970; and by two sisters.
He is survived by his wife, Felice E. Paterniani Walters of Coatesville, Pa.; three sons and two daughters-in-law, Kim K. Walters and Wayne C. and Nancy Wooten Walters, all of Wilmington, and Skip J. and Pamela Bupp Walters of Lancaster; two daughters and a son-in-law, Sandra and Laurence Hall of Millersville, Pa. and Lynn M. Paules of Lancaster; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Edna L. Carson of Lancaster and Geraldine L. Sides of Leola, Pa.
Services and burial were held in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Pa., with full military honors.
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