Walter R. Dickerson
- Transferred to other camps in the U.S. -- Major LaVerne McNay from Missouri to Florida where he awaits sailing orders, and Walter Dickerson of Cedar Lake, from Texas to a camp in Alabama.
The following May 6, 1943, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 2, column 2:
- Walter Dickerson, aviation cadet, is now at Cape Girardeau, Mo., where he is taking flight training. Walter, a Cedar Lake resident, is well known here.
This Apr. 1, 2003, Lowell Tribune obituary was found on page 4, column 6:
- Walter R. Dickerson, age 84, of Indianapolis, passed away Tuesday, March
25, 2003. He is survived by: his wife, Kathleen L. (nee Getrost)
Dickerson; one daughter, Georgina L. Laumeyer; one son, Richard V.
Dickerson; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and three
sisters, Margie (Thayne) Fleener, Delores Liston and Ada J. Dickerson.
A Memorial Service was conducted at 1:00 p.m. March 29 at St. John
Lutheran Church. A U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II, he was a
construction company superintendent for 35 years, retiring in 1980. He
was a member of St. John Lutheran Church, and memorial contributions may
be made to the church. Arrangements were handled by Shirley Brothers
Washington Memorial Chapel (1-317-897-9606).
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