Obituary of Walter Edmunds Chamberlain

Walter E. Chamberlain, Jr., age 84 of Lehman Township, passed away Saturday, February 11, 2012 at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Mr. Chamberlain was born January 12, 1928 in Westfield, NJ, and was the son of the late Walter E., Jr. and Edith Rhoades Collins Chamberlain. After graduating from high school Walter served in the Navy during the Korean Conflict. He owned a landscaping business in Huntsville for many years and also was employed by TV Reader Service, Forty Fort, and retired from Scranton Lithograph, Pittston. Walter attended the Grace Community Church in Dallas. Mr. Chamberlain was a well-loved man in the community and was dedicated to his beloved family who will miss him dearly. He loved music and was an accomplished classical pianist. Surviving are his loving wife of 56 years, the former Joyce Oncay: sons; Walter E. Chamberlain and his wife, Karen and Scott N. Chamberlain and his wife, Myrtle all of Lehman: daughter; April Compton and her husband, Harry of Toccoa, GA: grandchildren; Andrew, Brenda, Sabrina, Christopher, Zachary, Nicolette and Joshua: brothers; Francis of Lake Silkworth and Robert of Pittston. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 am from the Curtis L. Swanson Funeral Home, Inc., corner of routes 29 & 118, Pikes Creek, with Rev. Roland Preisler, officiating. Interment will be in the Lehman Center Cemetery, Lehman Twp. Friends may call 6:00 - 8:00 PM on Tuesday, February 14.