Dr. Daniel Walting Sr.

D r. Daniel A. Walting Sr., 79, of Tilbury Terrace, West Nanticoke, died Saturday evening at the Hospice Unit of Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre after a brief illness.
Born on Sept. 28, 1927, in Nanticoke, Dr. Walting was a son of Paul and Susan (Kanyuch) Walting. While attending Nanticoke High School, he interrupted his education to enlist and serve in the United States Navy during the end of World War II.
Upon his return from duty, he graduated from Nanticoke High School in 1948, and went on to receive a bachelor of science degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1952. He then earned a doctorate of dental surgery degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine in 1956.
After graduating from dental school, Dr. Walting re-enlisted in the United States Navy and served in the Dental Corps as Lieutenant, J.G. from 1956 to 1958, in Bainbridge, Md. Dr. Walting returned to Nanticoke in 1958 and considered it an honor and privilege to practice dentistry at his Hanover Street office for 42 years before retiring in 2000.
Dr. Walting was a lifelong member of St. John’s Slovak Lutheran Church, Nanticoke, where he served as the president of the Church Council for many years, and played an integral role in the care of the church and its congregation. Dr. Walting was baptized at St. John’s and he and Mrs. Walting were married there. He was especially proud that St. John’s also served as the location for the baptisms and weddings of all four of his children, as well as the baptisms of each of his 11 grandchildren.
Dr. Walting was a life member and past president of the Luzerne County Dental Society and the Third District Dental Society. In addition, he was a life member and delegate to the Pennsylvania Dental Association, a Fellow of the International College of Dentists and a member of the Pierre Fauchard Dental Honor Society. Dr. Walting also served as a member of Nanticoke Lodge 541, Free and Accepted Masons.
Dr. Walting is survived by his wife, the former Lois Dzuris, with whom he celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Oct. 6; children: Dr. Lynn Brinker and her husband, Dr. Richard Brinker, Syracuse, N.Y.; Mrs. Lauri Kapusta and her husband, Gary Kapusta, Roswell, Ga.; Dr. Lisa Elder and her husband, Douglas Elder, Lincoln, Mass.; and Dr. Daniel Walting and his wife, Emily Walting, Nanticoke; grandchildren: Alyson Brinker and Richard Brinker Jr.; Christina, Andrew and Garrett Kapusta; Harrison, Isaac, Eva and Anya Elder and Madeleine and Margaret Walting; a brother, Paul Walting, and his wife, Ruth, Lewisburg; sister, Judith Gimble and her husband, John, Tilbury Terrace; nephew, Dr. Paul Walting, Minnesota; and sister-in-law, Mildred Dzuris, Nanticoke.
Funeral services will begin on Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. from Davis-Dinelli Funeral Home, 170 E. Broad St., Nanticoke, with services at 11 a.m. at St. John’s Slovak Lutheran Church, 604 S. Hanover St., Nanticoke, with the Rev. Henry J. Pease, pastor, officiating.
Interment will follow at Oak Lawn Cemetery, Hanover Township, with the U.S. Navy according military honors. Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday from 1 to 3 and 6 to 9 p.m.
A Masonic memorial service will be conducted on Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. Memorial contributions in honor of Dr. Walting may be sent to St. John’s Slovak Lutheran Church or to the charity of the donor’s choice.