by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB
Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: TUESDAY, January 19, 1993 TAG: 9301190286 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B2 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
OBIT TYREE, WALTER W.
TYREE, Walter W., 67, of Roanoke, died Sunday, January 17, 1993, in a local hospital. He was retired from the Department of Veterans Affairs, with 38 years of service. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Recently he was a self employed certified Virginia State licensed real estate appraiser. Walter was a loving husband, son, father, grandfather, brother and uncle. He was an active member and deacon at Ninth Street Church of the Brethren. He touched the lives of many people by giving of his time lovingly and unselfishly. Surviving are his wife, Violet Thornhill Tyree of Roanoke; son and daughter-in-law, Dale W. and Karen W. Tyree of Virginia Beach; granddaughter, Hannah W. Tyree of Virginia Beach; father, George W. Tyree of Roanoke; brother and sister-in-law, Bill S. and Sheila Tyree of Roanoke; sisters and brother-in-law, Betty T. and Johnny Tayloe of Newport News and Margaret T. Caldwell of Roanoke; also a number of nephews, nieces, great-nephews, great-nieces, aunts and cousins. Funeral services will be held at Ninth Street Church of the Brethren 2 p.m. Tuesday with the Rev. Gene Hagenberger and the Rev. Paul White officiating. Interment will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Donations may be made to the Ninth Street Church of the Brethren and the American Cancer Society. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Oakey's South Chapel.