Walter Edward Davis, Jr. Obituary (1926

Walter E. DAVIS, Jr. Commander, CEC, USN, RET Born 1 July 1926 to Walter and Helen Hayes Davis in Albany, New York; died February 12, 2012. He was a graduate of Christian Brothers Academy in Albany. He attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY and in January 1944 enlisted in the Army Air Corps. He was called to active duty in January 1945 and served at Keesler Field, Mississippi. In July of 1946 he entered the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD graduating on June 6, 1950. Commissioned as an Ensign, USN, he served in the USS St Paul CA 73 in Pacific waters during the Korean War. He was transferred to the Naval Mineware School in Yorktown, VA. Later He served in the USS Linnet, AMS 24 in Atlantic waters. He was transferred to the Naval Civil Engineer Corps and returned to RPI for graduate work in Civil Engineering. He served at various activities including Naval Ammunition Depot Hingham, Mass.; Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island; Bureau of Ordnance and Bureau of Weapons, Washington, D.C.; Chief of Naval Air Training Staff, Pensacola, Florida; Naval Air Station, Dallas, Texas; Office in charge of Construction, Danang, Republic of Viet Nam; and Com 13 Staff, Seattle, Wash. He was personally decorated for combat duty in Viet Nam 1968 - 1969. He retired on 30 June 1971. After his military service, he worked in Bellevue and Woodinville in water and sewer utilities for fifteen years. He was a member of the Rainier Club, the Bellevue Club, the Naval Academy Alumni Assoc., the Seattle Genealogical Society and a former member of the Northshore Rotary Club. He spent his free time doing genealogy and playing bridge every chance he had. He held joint citizenship with the Republic of Ireland. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Agnes (Bobbie) Fitzgerald Davis; his sons, Stephen M. (Kimberly) Davis, Gerald T. (Melissa) Davis, and Walter E. (Janet) Davis, III; his daughters, Elizabeth, Karen (Mark) Miller, and Agnes S. (Steven) Olson; his grandchildren, Alexander Banks, Joseph Davis, Olivia Davis, Julia Angle, Kate and Claire Rotter, Kyle Davis, Christina Davis, Erin and Samantha Kobos and Jessica, Mitchell and Anna Olson. He is preceded in death by his brother, Richard Davis, and his daughter, Margaret Creek. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Friday, February 17, 2012, at 2:00 PM at St. Bridget Church, 4900 N.E. 50th Street, Seattle. Remembrances may be made to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, P. O. Box 19024, Dept. J5-200, Seattle, WA 98109. To send a flower arrangement in memory of Walter Edward Davis, Jr., please click here to visit our sympathy store.