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Show Maurice Walters Laid to Rest in Milford City Cemetery Masonic funeral services were conducted at 1 p. m. Thursday, August 25, for Maurice Irving Walters, 53, who died at 4 p. m. Monday at his home in Delta of a heart ailment. The services, i n the Milford Masonic Temple, were under direction di-rection of Eugene Mayer, Worshipful Wor-shipful Master of Albert Pike Lodge No. 14, F & A M of Utah. Members of Milford Post No. 16, American Legion, conferred graveside military honors under direction of John H. Davis. Robert Rob-ert Merryweather was bugler. Mr. Walters was born Jan. 24, 1908, in Lincoln, Nebr., to George and Laura Shull Walters. Oct. 20, 1934, he married Norma Ada-lyne Ada-lyne Williams in Carson City, Nev. He served with the U S Navy from 1924 to 1938, his active duty including tours in the China Seas, and in the Nicaraguan campaign in Central America. He participated partici-pated in the search for Aviatrix Amelia Earhart after her plane was lost at sea, and was a member mem-ber of the crew of the Navy dirigible dir-igible Macon when it exploded and crashed. During World War II he was a Civil Aeronautics Authority employe em-ploye at Honolulu. Mr. Walters came to Milford in 1945 as chief of the CAA elation. When the Milford station was closed in 1952 he moved to Delta as chief of the Delta CAA station, sta-tion, holding that position until his retirement in 1958. In Milford, Mil-ford, he was secretary of the Lions Club for several years, and a member of the Civil Air Patrol. Pa-trol. He belonged to the Delta Community Com-munity Church, and was a member mem-ber of Albert Pike Lodge No. 14, F & A M. Surviving are his widow; a daughter, Frances Ruth Walters, Salt Lake City; a son, William Irving Walters, Delta; and a sister, sis-ter, Mrs. Gladys Dunbar, Lincoln, Nebr. Burial was in the Milford City Cemetery. |