Walter E. Beitz, Jr.
1920 - 2002 (82 years)-
Name Walter E. Beitz Suffix Jr. Birth 6 Oct 1920 Crawley, Greenbrier Co., WV 
Gender Male Military WWII: Combat Engineer, 291st and 961st Battalions Death 16 Nov 2002 Princeton, Mercer Co., WV [1] Burial 19 Nov 2002 Wallace Memorial Mausoleum, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV [1] Person ID I14262 Meadow Bluff Meanderings Last Modified 12 Nov 2009
Father Walter E. Beitz, Sr., b. 29 Jun 1895, Crawley, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 8 Apr 1971, Ronceverte, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 75 years) Mother Carma Ruth "Carmie" Crane, b. 12 Jun 1896, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 25 Jan 1986, Ronceverte, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 89 years) Marriage 12 Nov 1919 Ronceverte, Greenbrier Co., WV [2] Family ID F2607 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ruth Elva Armstrong, b. 12 Nov 1919, Corliss, Fayette Co., WV d. 7 Jul 2011, Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 91 years) Marriage 27 Nov 1945 Danese, Fayette Co., WV Children 1. Joseph Walter Beitz Family ID F6256 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 Nov 2009
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Birth - 6 Oct 1920 - Crawley, Greenbrier Co., WV 
Burial - 19 Nov 2002 - Wallace Memorial Mausoleum, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - The Beckley Register-Herald, Online Edition, 18 November 2002
Walter Beitz Jr., 82, of Beckley, died Saturday, Nov. 16, 2002, at Princeton Community Hospital following a long illness. He was born Oct. 6, 1920, at Crawley. Mr. Beitz was a World War II Veteran, having served in Europe and Normandy as a combat engineer for the 291st and the 961st Battalions. He was a heavy equipment operator for the surface coal mining industry and a member of Amwell Baptist Church of Rupert. He was preceded in death by his parents, Walter Beitz Sr. and Carma Crane Beitz; and a daughter-in-law, Brenda Beitz. Survivors include his wife, Ruth E. Armstrong Beitz of Beckley; a son, Joseph Walter Beitz of Beckley; a sister, Jo Ann Judy and husband, Lloyd, of Michigan; a brother, Julian Beitz and wife, Beatrice, of Rupert; a granddaughter, Tara Taylor and husband, Richard, of Beckley; and a great-granddaughter, Madison Taylor of Beckley. Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Wallace & Wallace Chapel in Rainelle with the Rev. Leroy Crane and Pastor Bill Parker officiating. Entombment will follow in Wallace Memorial Mausoleum, Clintoniville. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Arrangements by Wallace & Wallace of Rainelle.
- The Beckley Register-Herald, Online Edition, 18 November 2002
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