Obituary of Walter Robert Stephenson

Submitted by Kim Grissom  KIMEGRI1@aol.com

Reprinted with the permission of The Beaufort Gazette 
Published June 15, 2001
For use by the USGenWeb Archives Obituary Project

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Walter Robert Stephenson
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. - Walter Robert Stephenson, 86, formerly of 
Beaufort and widower of Dorothy Hunt Stephenson, died Thursday, June 
14, 2001, in Spruce Pines Community Hospital, Spruce Pines, N.C. 
Anderson Funeral Home, Beaufort, is in charge. (The Beaufort Gazette
June 15, 2001)

Walter Robert Stephenson 

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. - Walter Robert Stephenson, 86, formerly of 
Beaufort, widower of Dorothy Hunt Stephenson, died Thursday, June 14, 
2001, in Spruce Pines Community Hospital, Spruce Pines, N.C. The family
will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Anderson Funeral Home, 
Beau-fort, with a prayer service at 7 p.m. Funeral Mass will be held 
at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Peter's Catholic Church, Lady's Island, 
with burial in Beaufort National Cemetery. Mr. Stephenson was born 
May 16, 1915, in Frankford, N.Y., a son of Raymond Stephenson and 
Mary Hurtson Stephenson. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps, retiring 
as a gunnery sergeant and worked for Civil Service in research 
laboratories. He was a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church and 
Knights of Columbus, Beaufort. Surviving are a brother, Jack Stephenson
of upstate New York; four sisters, Mary Powers of Poland, N.Y., Edna 
Hopkins of Boston, Mass., Barbara Hughes and Minnie Inman of 
Waterville, N.Y. (The Beaufort Gazette, June 16, 2001)

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