Person:Walter Burdick (4)

  1. Walter Hiram Burdick1906 - 1977
m. 19 Oct 1938
Facts and Events
Name Walter Hiram Burdick
Gender Male
Birth? 19 Oct 1906 Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, United States
Marriage 19 Oct 1938 Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, United Statesto Rita Loretta Demers
Death? 21 Aug 1977 Seattle, King, Washington, United States
Burial? Aug 1977 Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington, United States

!CAUSE OF DEATH: Bone Marrow Cancer

!BURIAL-CREMATION: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington- Cremation- August, 1977

!OCCUPATION: Machinist, Fire Control Mechanic

!KNICKNAME: Walt

!Walt and Rita moved to Moline, Illinois, in 1940, where Walt worked at the Rock Island Arsenal as a machinist during WWII. In July 1945 he transferred to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, He was a fire control mechanic from 1945 to 1969 when he retired.

!APPRENTICESHIP: 1929-1933 C ST PM & OR Railroad

!RESIDENCE: 2726 Marine Dr., Bremerton, Washington, 98312 (From 1950 until

           death in 1977.