Walter Allen Hamlin

Walter was a 1946 graduate of Dunkirk High School. He owned and operated Hamlin’s Greenhouses on Central Avenue in Dunkirk until it ceased operating in 1966. He was a master planner at Al Tech Specialty Steel from where he retired. Walter was a 71 year member of the Masons and Worshipful Master of the Dunkirk Irondequoit Lodge 301, a charter member of the Sharif Grotto Lodge in Dunkirk, current member of Kharrahm Grotto in Jamestown and a member of Jackson Lodge of Research. He was a life member of the Moniuszko Social Club, a social member of the John T. Murray Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1017, and a member of the Fredonia First United Methodist Church.

Walter loved sports, especially football, baseball, and golf. He also participated and enjoyed walking races. He was a youth leader for Dunkirk United Methodist Church, Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts.

He is survived by: his wife, Marilyn Milks Hamlin; three children: Walter George (Selma) Hamlin of Broken Arrow, Okla., David William (Bonnie) Hamlin, of Stillwater, Okla., and Deborah Jean Hamlin of Fredonia, N.Y.; four grandchildren: Walter Grant Hamlin, Kelly Jane Hamlin, Preston William Hamlin and Alexander David Hamlin.

Besides his parents, Walter is predeceased by two brothers: George and William Hamlin.

Visitation hours will be Tuesday, Oct/ 19, 2021, from 6-8 p.m., at the LARSON-TIMKO Funeral Home, 20 Central Ave., Fredonia, N.Y. Funeral services will be held at the Fredonia First United Methodist Church, 25 Church St., Fredonia, on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, at 5:30 p.m.

Memorial contributions in Mr. Hamlin’s memory may be made to the Fredonia First United Methodist Church.

Online condolences may be made at larsontimko funeralhome.com.

Arrangements by David J. Dengler