Walter Hugh KUPFER

1917 - 1963  (45 years)

• Name	Walter Hugh KUPFER
  Birth	4 Jun 1917	Alameda, California   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1920	Berkeley, Alameda, California   [3]
  Census	1930	Portland, Multnomah, Oregon   [4]
  Death	24 Mar 1963	Claremont, Los Angeles, California   [5]
  Siblings	1 brother
  + 1. Robert Whitney KUPFER,   b. 1 Aug 1913, Alameda, California d. 27 Dec 1994, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon  (Age 81 years) + 2. Walter Hugh KUPFER,   b. 4 Jun 1917, Alameda, California d. 24 Mar 1963, Claremont, Los Angeles, California  (Age 45 years)
  Person ID	I9612	bmds
  Last Modified	8 Aug 2012

  
  

  Father	Carl Albert KUPFER,   b. 28 Jul 1879, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa d. 2 Jan 1943, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Margaret Whitney HOSIER,   b. 21 Dec 1882, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio d. 9 Jul 1965, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F3551	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Salathé FREEMAN,   b. 17 May 1918, Santa Barbara, California d. 3 May 2010, Claremont, Los Angeles, California (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	7 Feb 1941	Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona   [6]
  Age at Marriage	Walter : 23 years old | Alice : 22 years old.
  Children	+ 1. Judith Gail KUPFER,   b. 7 Mar 1944, Santa Barbara, California (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F3927	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 4 Jun 1917 - Alameda, California Census - 1920 - Berkeley, Alameda, California Census - 1930 - Portland, Multnomah, Oregon Marriage - 7 Feb 1941 - Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona Death - 24 Mar 1963 - Claremont, Los Angeles, California
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S14] Source, The Record of Sigma Alpha Epsilon - 1918, p. 46:. To Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Kupfer (’07), a son, Walter Hugh Kupfer, June 4, 1917. [S3] California Birth Records. Walter H Kuffer | b: 4 Jun 1917 | bp: Alameda, California | mother: Hosier [S6] 1920 US Census. Census place: Berkeley, Alameda, California [S11] 1930 US Census, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon. Walter H. Kupfer | age: 12 | single | bp: California | father’s bp: Iowa | mother’s bp: Ohio [S10] California Death Records (1940-1997), (website). Kupfer Walter H. | b: 4 Jun 1917 | d: 24 March 1963 | Mother maiden: Hosier [S2] Newspaper. Full Military Bridal Held One of the city’s first full military weddings was held in the Grace Baptist Church Friday afternoon, uniting Miss Alice Salathé Freeman. Santa Barbara, Calif., and Lt. Walter H. Kupfer, Portland, Ore, who, together with his other men attendants, only a short time before had received his commission from the United States Army Air Corps in graduation exercises at Luke Field.  The Rev. Richard S. Beal. jr., pastor, read the service at 4 o’clock m the presence of a group of relatives and friends. Arriving in Phoenix Thursday with the bride were her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Karl Freeman, Santa Barbara, her grandmother, Mrs Frederick Salathé. Los Angeles, and her sister, Mrs. Frederick Du Bois Harrison, Santa Barbara, who was her only attend, Lt Donald Byers, Santa Barbara, was Lieutenant Kupfer’s best man. Forming the archway of sabers after the exchange of vows were the ushers, Lt. George Harrington and Lt. Earl Knapp. both of Vancouver. B.C. Lt. Daniel Hogan and Lt. Randolph Soranson. both of Eugene, Ore., Lt. William Harshbarger, Santa Barbara, and Lt. Jack Hauskins, Redding, Calif.  The bride wore a long-waisted peplum trimmed afternoon dress in black with powder blue yoke. Her black velvet toque was trimmed with a black veil and powder-blue feathers, the same color of blue being noted in her gloves. Her corsage was fashioned of a single orchid. Accenting the black dress worn by the matron of honor were red accessories. The bride’s mother and grandmother also chose black, the former’s accessories being in turquoise and the latter’s gown trimmed in sequins. Immediately after the ceremony a recept’on was held at the home of Lt Robert Thieme, assistant commandant of the cadet detachment at Luke Field, and Mrs. Thieme.  Shortly after the reception, Lieutenant and Mrs. Kupfer left for Bakersfield, Calif., where the former has been assigned as instructor in the basic training school for the United States Air Corps. The bride attended the University of Oregon for one year and was graduated from Santa Barbara State College, she has been teaching school in El Monte, Calif. At the Oregon university she became affiliated with Gamma Phi Beta Sorority.  Lieutenant Kupfer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Kupfer. Portland. Ore., was graduated from the University of Oregon in 1940. Accepted as an aviation cadet in March 1941, he was sent to Oxnard, Calif. for his primary training. It was in Oxnard that he met his bride. — Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona) Sunday, November 2, 1941.