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Walter Coyle Obituary
He was born April 29, 1930, in Wellsville, to Leo and Miriam Byrnes Coyle. On Nov. 15, 1955, in Buffalo, he married Virginia Cumpston, who survives.
Walter was a graduate of the Immaculate Conception School and from Wellsville High School in 1947.
He had worked on his family's farm and in the oil fields in Allentown, and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Walter then moved to Buffalo and took a job at the Chevy Plant in Tonawanda. In 1959 he moved back to Wellsville to work for Dresser Rand, from where he retired in 1992.
He was a faithful member of the Immaculate Conception Church of Wellsville, a Life Member of the American Legion Post 702 of Wellsville, and was a former member of the VFW Post #2530 of Wellsville.
Walter enjoyed hunting and visiting with his friends.
Survivors include his wife, Virginia; a daughter, Susan (Steven) Mayne of Wendell, N.C.; a son, Michael (Jamie) Coyle of Andover; grandchildren, Michael Kell, Sarah (Matt) Marlow and Shannon Mayne of North Carolina, Patrick Coyle and Spencer Coyle of Andover, and Courtney (Whitney) Cornell of Virginia; a sister, Margaret Evans of Wellsville; and several nieces and nephews.
Friends are invited to call from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday (Jan. 5, 2018) in the Immaculate Conception Church, with a Memorial Mass to follow at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery at a later date.
Memorials in Walter's name may be made to the Hart Comfort House in Wellsville.
To leave online condolences, please visit www.embserfuneralhome.com.
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