Submitted by
Jim Newman
The Bryan-College Station
Eagle
March 12, 2008
Walter E. Gilmore
October 19, 1919 – February 20, 2008
Walter E. Gilmore, 88, died February 20,
2008 in Amarillo Texas. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 15, 2008 at
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Marlin, Texas. Burial will be in Calvary
Cemetery. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800
Paramount Blvd., Amarillo, Texas, 79109.
Walter was born October 19, 1919 on
a farm in Marlin Texas to William and Maggie Gilmore. His education at Texas
A&M was interrupted for service in World War II. He was a navigator in the
Air Corps and flew many long lonesome missions out over the south Pacific. His
only brother Will was lost in the war in North Africa in 1943. Walter met his
future wife, Emma Helen Loetterle, a dietitian, at the US Army Hospital of the
Pacific on the island of Guam. Walter became a geologist and explored the earth
for oil, rock and stone for 40 years, retiring from Lone Star Industries in
1985. Emma preceded Walter in death in 2004. He was a proud Texas Aggie and
long time resident of College Station, Texas. He moved to Canyon, Texas in 2004
and had many wonderful friends living at the Connor House. He enjoyed a close
relationship with God, his family, the weather, science/engineering and a good
number of lucky dogs and cats.
He dearly loved his family and was
loved by all who knew him. He lived a life that gave God pleasure.
He is survived by three sons,
William of Canyon, Texas; Walter of Santa Fe, New Mexico; and Peter of Belton,
Texas; a daughter, Edith of Washington, D.C.; eight grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.