Roger Luce Walter, 77, died on Nov. 9, 2020, in Country Meadows, Bethlehem, where he resided for the last several months of his life. He had Parkinson’s disease. Born in McKeesport, he was a son of Geraldine (Luce) and William F. Walter Jr. He was the husband of Cathryn Walter.

He was a graduate of Elizabeth Forward HS. He was a 1965 graduate of Lehigh University, where he was on the debate team.

He received a commission through Lehigh’s ROTC program and was in the U.S. Army. He retired with the rank of captain. He was in the 507th Heavy Equipment Maintenance Company in Hanau, Germany.

His career was at Bell Telephone / AT&T, from which he retired in 1997.

He was a geneologist. He traced on his family tree one Edward Doty, a 1620 passenger on the Mayflower.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by four sons, Douglas of Ivyland; Jeffrey of Queen Creek, Arizona; Charles of Greenwich, Connecticut, and Stephen of Milford, Delaware; a stepdaughter, Michelle Brown of Saylorsburg; a stepson, Scott DuBets of Roseto; three sisters, Lynn Davis of Goldsboro, North Carolina, Joyce Henderson of Vanderbilt and Sydney Markle of Dawson; 10 grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and a step-great-grandchild.

Contributions may be made to the charity of one’s choice.

Arrangements were made by Pearson Funeral Home Inc., Bethlehem.