He has a memorial marker in the Hiawatha Cemetery but is buried in the European Cemetery in Tanga, Tanganyika. (now Tanga, Tanzania)
DEATHS
Walters—Word was received by relatives here Wednesday evening, September 24, of the death of Silas A. Walters, son of Mrs. Clyde H. Walters of Route 2, Hiawatha, and brother of Mrs. Robert Fulton of Hiawatha, somewhere in South Africa on September 23, 1952, following a heart attack. Silas, 41, was born and reared on the home farm northeast of Hiawatha. No particulars are known of his death except that he was buried somewhere in South Africa, due to no embalming facilities. His burial had to take place within thirty-six hours, according to the word forwarded to his family. Mrs. Walters, the former Miss Mildred Gilliland, resides at New Orleans, La. She is the daughter of John F. Gilliland, now of Sela, Wash., former night marshal for Hiawatha, and a sister of Mrs. Lloyd Felts of Robinson. Silas had been in the merchant marine service for fifteen years and was a first engineer on the SS William Lykes for the Lykes Shipping Company, Inc., of New Orleans. He served aboard a submarine for the United States navy for seven years, but was with the merchant marine service during World War II. During his submarine service he was a survivor of a submarine that was in collision with a destroyer during maneuvers. The submarine was lost after its top was sheared away by the destroyer. Silas was aboard a ship that was torpedoed near Australia during the recent war and was aboard the SS Oleum that broke apart at the mouth of the Columbia river near Portland, Ore., in 1950. He was a Master Mason and a member of the Hiawatha Lodge, No. 35, AF & AM, having transferred here from Clatskanie Lodge, No. 133, at Clatskanie, Ore., in December of 1947. His father preceded him in death in April of 1947. Silas was the grandson of the late Silas F. Walters, well-known pioneer of this community.
—The Hiawatha Daily World (Hiawatha, KS)
Thur Sep 25, 1952, p.1.
DEATHS
Walters—Word was received by relatives here Wednesday evening, September 24, of the death of Silas A. Walters, son of Mrs. Clyde H. Walters of Route 2, Hiawatha, and brother of Mrs. Robert Fulton of Hiawatha, somewhere in South Africa on September 23, 1952, following a heart attack. Silas, 41, was born and reared on the home farm northeast of Hiawatha. No particulars are known of his death except that he was buried somewhere in South Africa, due to no embalming facilities. His burial had to take place within thirty-six hours, according to the word forwarded to his family. Mrs. Walters, the former Miss Mildred Gilliland, resides at New Orleans, La. She is the daughter of John F. Gilliland, now of Sela, Wash., former night marshal for Hiawatha, and a sister of Mrs. Lloyd Felts of Robinson. Silas had been in the merchant marine service for fifteen years and was a first engineer on the SS William Lykes for the Lykes Shipping Company, Inc., of New Orleans. He served aboard a submarine for the United States navy for seven years, but was with the merchant marine service during World War II. During his submarine service he was a survivor of a submarine that was in collision with a destroyer during maneuvers. The submarine was lost after its top was sheared away by the destroyer. Silas was aboard a ship that was torpedoed near Australia during the recent war and was aboard the SS Oleum that broke apart at the mouth of the Columbia river near Portland, Ore., in 1950. He was a Master Mason and a member of the Hiawatha Lodge, No. 35, AF & AM, having transferred here from Clatskanie Lodge, No. 133, at Clatskanie, Ore., in December of 1947. His father preceded him in death in April of 1947. Silas was the grandson of the late Silas F. Walters, well-known pioneer of this community.
—The Hiawatha Daily World (Hiawatha, KS)
Thur Sep 25, 1952, p.1.
He has a memorial marker in the Hiawatha Cemetery but is buried in the European Cemetery in Tanga, Tanganyika. (now Tanga, Tanzania)
DEATHS
Walters—Word was received by relatives here Wednesday evening, September 24, of the death of Silas A. Walters, son of Mrs. Clyde H. Walters of Route 2, Hiawatha, and brother of Mrs. Robert Fulton of Hiawatha, somewhere in South Africa on September 23, 1952, following a heart attack. Silas, 41, was born and reared on the home farm northeast of Hiawatha. No particulars are known of his death except that he was buried somewhere in South Africa, due to no embalming facilities. His burial had to take place within thirty-six hours, according to the word forwarded to his family. Mrs. Walters, the former Miss Mildred Gilliland, resides at New Orleans, La. She is the daughter of John F. Gilliland, now of Sela, Wash., former night marshal for Hiawatha, and a sister of Mrs. Lloyd Felts of Robinson. Silas had been in the merchant marine service for fifteen years and was a first engineer on the SS William Lykes for the Lykes Shipping Company, Inc., of New Orleans. He served aboard a submarine for the United States navy for seven years, but was with the merchant marine service during World War II. During his submarine service he was a survivor of a submarine that was in collision with a destroyer during maneuvers. The submarine was lost after its top was sheared away by the destroyer. Silas was aboard a ship that was torpedoed near Australia during the recent war and was aboard the SS Oleum that broke apart at the mouth of the Columbia river near Portland, Ore., in 1950. He was a Master Mason and a member of the Hiawatha Lodge, No. 35, AF & AM, having transferred here from Clatskanie Lodge, No. 133, at Clatskanie, Ore., in December of 1947. His father preceded him in death in April of 1947. Silas was the grandson of the late Silas F. Walters, well-known pioneer of this community.
—The Hiawatha Daily World (Hiawatha, KS)
Thur Sep 25, 1952, p.1.
DEATHS
Walters—Word was received by relatives here Wednesday evening, September 24, of the death of Silas A. Walters, son of Mrs. Clyde H. Walters of Route 2, Hiawatha, and brother of Mrs. Robert Fulton of Hiawatha, somewhere in South Africa on September 23, 1952, following a heart attack. Silas, 41, was born and reared on the home farm northeast of Hiawatha. No particulars are known of his death except that he was buried somewhere in South Africa, due to no embalming facilities. His burial had to take place within thirty-six hours, according to the word forwarded to his family. Mrs. Walters, the former Miss Mildred Gilliland, resides at New Orleans, La. She is the daughter of John F. Gilliland, now of Sela, Wash., former night marshal for Hiawatha, and a sister of Mrs. Lloyd Felts of Robinson. Silas had been in the merchant marine service for fifteen years and was a first engineer on the SS William Lykes for the Lykes Shipping Company, Inc., of New Orleans. He served aboard a submarine for the United States navy for seven years, but was with the merchant marine service during World War II. During his submarine service he was a survivor of a submarine that was in collision with a destroyer during maneuvers. The submarine was lost after its top was sheared away by the destroyer. Silas was aboard a ship that was torpedoed near Australia during the recent war and was aboard the SS Oleum that broke apart at the mouth of the Columbia river near Portland, Ore., in 1950. He was a Master Mason and a member of the Hiawatha Lodge, No. 35, AF & AM, having transferred here from Clatskanie Lodge, No. 133, at Clatskanie, Ore., in December of 1947. His father preceded him in death in April of 1947. Silas was the grandson of the late Silas F. Walters, well-known pioneer of this community.
—The Hiawatha Daily World (Hiawatha, KS)
Thur Sep 25, 1952, p.1.
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