WALTER BOWERS, “Wally”, the son of John and Anna (Soltys) Bowers, was born in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania on February 15, 1920. He had three sisters and three brothers. His father was a machinist at Hazel Brook Coal Company.
Wally was educated in St. Joseph’s Parochial School, Mount Carmel, and was a 1939 graduate of Mount Carmel High School. While in high school he was a member of the wrestling and football teams. He served in the Army Engineers during the China-Burma-India campaign during WW II.
He was employed as a fisherman in Seldovia, where he also lived with and cared for Louis Loudas.
Wally died suddenly October 8, 1977 in a hospital in Homer, Alaska. His funeral and burial were in Seldovia but there is also a memorial plaque for him at the St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania where the rest of his family were laid to rest.