Walter Elmer Beitz, Jr.

1920 - 2002  (82 years)

• Name	Walter Elmer Beitz  [1]
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	6 Oct 1920	Rupert, Greenbrier County, WV   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Nov 2002	Princeton, Mercer County, WV   [1]
  	Obituary -- Walter Beitz, Jr. Walter Beitz Jr., 82, of Beckley, died Saturday, Nov. 16, 2002, at Princeton Community Hospital following a long illness. He was born Oct. 6, 1920, at Crawley. Mr. Beitz was a World War II Veteran, having served in Europe and Normandy as a combat engineer for the 291st and the 961st Battalions. He was a heavy equipment operator for the surface coal mining industry and a member of Amwell Baptist Church of Rupert. He was preceded in death by his parents, Walter Beitz Sr. and Carma Crane Beitz; and a daughter-in-law, Brenda Beitz. Survivors include his wife, Ruth E. Armstrong Beitz of Beckley; a son, Joseph Walter Beitz of Beckley; a sister, Jo Ann Judy and husband, Lloyd, of Michigan; a brother, Julian Beitz and wife, Beatrice, of Rupert; a granddaughter, Tara Taylor and husband, Richard, of Beckley; and a great-granddaughter, Madison Taylor of Beckley. Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Wallace & Wallace Chapel in Rainelle with the Rev. Leroy Crane and Pastor Bill Parker officiating. Entombment will follow in Wallace Memorial Mausoleum, Clintoniville.
  Burial	19 Nov 2002	Wallace Memorial Cemetery   [1]
  Person ID	I142	Crane Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Walter Elmer Beitz, Sr.,   b. 29 Jun 1895, Rupert, Greenbrier County, WV d. 8 Apr 1971, Ronceverte, Greenbrier County, WV (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Starr Carme Ruth Crane,   b. 12 Jun 1896, Rupert, Greenbrier County, WV d. 25 Jan 1986, Ronceverte, Greenbrier County, WV (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	12 Nov 1919	Ronceverte, Greenbrier County, WV   [2]
  Family ID	F33	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruth Elva Armstrong,   b. 12 Nov 1919, Corliss, Fayette County, WV d. 7 Jul 2011, Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	27 Nov 1945	Danese, Fayette County, WV   [3]
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F903	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2023

  
  

• Sources

  [S628] Obituary, BEITZ, Walter Elmer, Jr., (18 Nov 2002), 18 Nov 2002, 5047. (Reliability: 2). [S1109] Greenbrier County Archives, 14 Jan 2017 (Reliability: 3). [S1107] West Virginia Marriages, 1853 - 1970, 20 May 2017 (Reliability: 3).