COLORADO, USA — If a life’s value can be measured in how many people have nothing but good things to say about them after they pass, Frank Walter was one of the richest men to grace Summit County.
Frank Walter, a man whose grace, persistence and charm made him a legend at Copper Mountain, died on March 5 at the age of 97 at an assisted living facility in Golden. Frank leaves behind six children, 13 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. But more than his immediate family, “First Chair Frank” left behind hundreds of grateful human beings who treasured his presence and saw him as a saintly citizen, one whose ironman streak of first chairs at Copper Mountain may never be topped.
Frank was born in 1922 in Milton, Mass. to Theodore Franklin Walter and Mable Hale Walter. Raised in Boston, Walter got his bachelor’s degree in engineering at Tufts University and a master’s in engineering from MIT later on. Walter served in World War II as a fighter pilot for the U.S. Marines Corps, flying a Vought F4U Corsair and rising to the rank of captain.
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