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Walter
Baldwin Trice, Jr. was born April 1, 1919 in the small town of Cunningham,
Adams County, WA He died in Mankato, Minnesota on October 14, 1985. His father
of the same name was born Nov 5, 1877 at Baldwinville,
Talbot County, Georgia, the 2nd of 5 children to
Zachariah Benson Trice and Nancy Julia Baldwin. At age 29 (10/4/06) he
started work as a telegrapher and agent for a railroad. He married Jeanie May
Paris on 6/16/08 at LaGrange, GA. Their other children were: Eugene Anderson
(3/29/09), Juanita Inez (6/11/10), Hortense Ione
(8/8/11) Mary Eloise (6/6/13) - all 4 in Maryville, TN; Julia Eleanor
(12/13/14 at Barlow, ND); Martha Jeanette (4/19/16 at Wing, ND); WBT Jr (4/1/19) and Ruth
Mae (11/8/20 in Mabton, Yakima County, WA. An
infant son was still born in 1922 at Prosser. He retired from the Burlington
Northern RR and retired to Holly Hill, Fl in 1943. He spent the
last years of his life living with his daughter, Julia Eleanor Trice Perry
and died there on April 12, 1959. Side note - Rev Robert Hall
conducted his funeral on 4/14/59 in Vallejo, CA It was in
Prosser that Walter Jr. grew up and graduated from High School and attended
Gonzaga University. He worked for a railroad and then became an
insurance agent for New York Life Insurance Co. He was among the leaders in
sales nationwide for several years. He married LaVerne
Helen Bedell Bowersl on
December 25, 1944 in Toppnish, WA and soon adopted
her daughter, Helen Sylvia Bowers. Helen's original birth certificate was
sealed by the court and her name was legally changed to Helen Sylvia Trice
and shows Walter as her father! The family lived in Spokane, WA where
Jeanne Laverne was born. (See chronology of move to Alaska and other births
in LaVerne's bio) Walter
worked for the Alaska Railroad as a telegrapher until his medical
Retirement. Following his divorce from LaVerne,
he moved to Saint Paul, Minnesota and died nearby in Manketo
on October 14, 1985. |
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