Walter John Williams

1895 - 1978  (83 years)

• Name	Walter John Williams
  Born	10 Mar 1895	Carmel, New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	8 Aug 1978	Bend, Oregon, USA
  Buried	Pilot Butte Cemetery, Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, United States
  Person ID	I10578	Family Tree
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2017

  
  

  Family 1	Dorothy M. Miller,   b. 1902, Portland, Oregon, USA ,   d. 1982, Ashland, Oregon, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Married	1922
  Children	1. Mary E. Williams,   b. 1922, Oregon, USA   2. Eugene R. Williams,   b. 1924, Oregon, USA   3. David A. Williams,   b. 1928, Oregon, USA
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2017
  Family ID	F12196	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Leonie Banning Beebe,   b. 18 Sep 1916, New London County, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 16 May 1994, Bend, Oregon, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Children	1. Walter Beebe Williams,   b. 7 Aug 1953, Willits, California, USA ,   d. 27 Jun 2011, Portland, Oregon, USA  (Age 57 years)   2. ? Williams,   b. Oregon, USA
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2017
  Family ID	F3607	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 10 Mar 1895 - Carmel, New York, USA Died - 8 Aug 1978 - Bend, Oregon, USA Buried - - Pilot Butte Cemetery, Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, United States  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Mr. Williams was born in New York and left home at a young age and moved to Oregon, travelling with a childhood friend who stopped and stayed in Colorado. Mr. Williams joined the Navy, but was discharged because of age. He then worked on the Copco Dam Project on the Klamath River in Northern Califonia. He settled in Klamath Falls but was then drafted into the Army for WWI. He was reunited in France with his friend whom he had left in Colorado years earlier, both of them soldiers now. After the war, Mr. Williams returned to Klamath Falls to continue his career in the lumber industry, becoming a WWPA Certified Lumber Grader. He married Dorothy Miller, daughter of Lumber Camp photographer, Charles Miller and raised Mary, Gene and another son in Klamath Falls during the 1920's & 30's but eventually divorced and moved to John Day to run the mill there for Hudspeth Lumber. There he met Leonie Beebe, his wife for the remainder of his life, with whom he had two more sons. The family was transferred to California and then back to Prineville, Oregon by Hudspeth Lumber, and then Mr. Williams retired and moved the family to Bend. During retirement, Mr. Williams was employed as Check Grader/Buyer for Oregon Trail Box. He was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed fly fishing, hunting and boating.