Walter James Straw

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Nevada Obituary
Walter Straw - Record Courier, Wednesday, May 24, 2000.
A graveside service for Walter James Straw, 73, will be held at Valley View Cemetery in Yerington on Saturday, June 3. Mr. Straw, a Yerington resident for five years, died on May 17 in Gardnerville. He was born on Aug. 20, 1926, in Jamestown, N.Y., to Percy and Pauline DeKay Straw. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict. Mr. Straw loved to golf and fish and enjoyed hunting in his youth. His wife Loretta E. Straw preceded him in death on Sept. 1, 1985, in Northridge, Calif., where they lived at the time. He was also predeceased by a sister, Betty Jermillo. Surviving are sons William E. and Donald L., both of Gardnerville, and Richard J. of Thousand Oaks, Calif., and daughter Linda C. Vaughn of San Miguel, Calif; brothers Jack of Pismo Beach, Calif., Andrew of Yerington, Charles of San Diego, Calif., and Clifford of Newberry Park, Calif., and sisters Virginia Tucker, Delores Rogers, Shirley Baker, all of Yerington, Carol Keatley of Newberry Park, and Beverly Rahm of Thousand Oaks; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Walter married Loretta Evelyn DeKay, daughter of Samuel Maxwell DeKay and Grace Gardner. (Loretta Evelyn DeKay was born on 13 Mar 1919 in NY and died on 1 Sep 1985 in Northridge, CA.)