CTOC Walter "Walt" Eugene Welton (USN, Ret)

Chief Petty Officer Walter "Walt" Eugene Welton, CTOC (USN Ret), 76, of McClellanville, South Carolina, husband of the late Marlies Lottholz Welton passed away on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. His Memorial Service will be held aboard the USS Yorktown at 11 am on Sunday, April 6, 2014. Inurnment will follow. A reception will be held on the USS Yorktown following the service/inurnment with family accepting friends at the home of his daughter Jacqueline Welton Skinner following the conclusion of events on the USS Yorktown. The family will receive friends Friday, April 4, 2014 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm in J. HENRY STUHR, INC. MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL, 1494 Mathis Ferry Road.

Walt was born July 30, 1937 in Vincennes, Indiana, son of the late Eugene Welton and Gladys George Welton. He was a 20 year veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving in the White House Communications Agency and a tour of duty in Vietnam. After military retirement, he worked for Bendix Field Engineering Corp. (later known as Allied Signal? and Mueller-Bore Patent Law Firm in Munich, Germany. After retirement in 2002, Walt became a member of the U.S. Naval Cryptologic Veterans Association (USNCVA) and the VFW Post #6444. Walt enjoyed life with his wife of 48 years until her passing in 2009.

He is survived by his daughters, Heide Welton of McClellanville, SC and Jacqueline Welton (Wardlaw III) Skinner of Mount Pleasant, SC; his grandson, Wardlaw Edwin Skinner IV of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY; and his granddaughter, Michaela Marlies Skinner of Mt. Pleasant, SC.

Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675 (www.woundedwarriorproject.org).