- Date Of Birth: January 20, 1923
- Date Of Death: May 14, 2021
- State: Alabama
Walter B. Garyotis died May 14, 2021 at Gwinnett Extended Care, Lawrenceville, GA.
Mr. Garyotis was preceded in death by his parents Walter J. and Pearl Boardman Garyotis; sister, Dorothy Garyotis; and a special aunt, Dr. Emelia Giryotis. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Baker Garyotis; son, Corey Garyotis (Montgomery, AL); daughters, Sandy (Bill) Donatucci (Buford, GA), Sherry (Phil) Shore, (Dallas, TX), and Karen Roberts (Fredericksburg, TX); six grandchildren, Connor Garyotis (Jacksonville, FL), Kyle (Elizabeth) Donatucci (Atlanta, GA), Noah and Ashley Donatucci (Buford, GA), Jason (Carmen) Healy (Sterling, IL), Derek Healy (Chicago, IL); four great grandchildren, Laurie, Cody, Liam, and Jena Healy.
Walter was born in Chicago, IL. He attended the University of Wisconsin (Plattville) and graduated from the University of Missouri (Rolla) in 1951. Prior to college, he served six years as a U.S. Navy pilot in anti-submarine warfare with the Atlantic Fleet Airwing Mediterranean, Morocco which included a mission as part of the convoy escort of President Roosevelt to the 1945 Yalta Conference in Crimea.
Walter married Patricia Baker in Birmingham, AL on July 5, 1957 and shortly after began his career with Alcoa Construction Engineering Department in Port Lavaca, TX for 18 months. After Texas they were transferred to Suriname (South America) for 8 years where they were blessed with their son, Corey, and daughter, Sandy. Walter was a member of the U.S. National Safety Council and while in Suriname earned five of the Council’s awards for the most-safe man-hours worked annually. He moved his family back to Alcoa’s headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA where he remained for the remainder of his 31-year career with Alcoa as their Construction Safety Manager.
During his career he oversaw the management and monitoring of construction safety activities for 12 domestic projects and 5 international projects for Alcoa requiring travel throughout the U.S. and to three other continents and the Caribbean.
