\t\t\tClayton L. Waltermire \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
Clayton \u201cClay\u201d Waltermire, 88, of Williams Township, died peacefully, Tuesday,March 24th, 2026, in Bethlehem PA. Clay and his wife met at Monmouth College and celebrated 65 years of marriage before his passing.<\/p>\n
\nBorn November 4, 1937, on a small farm near Heilwood, PA. , he was a son of the late Milton George Waltermire and Kathryn Mae Nicewonger Waltermire.He was predeceased by sister, Evelyn; brothers William and Carl. He is survived by a brother Thomas of Ohio.<\/p>\n
\nClay was a graduate of Clymer High School, Class of 1955. Clay is survived by his wife Suzanne Alice Voegeli Waltermire, and two children, Marilyn of Virginia and Robert and his wife Nancy of New Jersey and a grandson James.<\/p>\n
\nClay worked as a draftsman at JCP&L in Asbury Park, NJ and earned his Bachelor\u2019s degree in Physics from Monmouth College in 1960. Received a Masters in Physics from Bucknell University in 1965. Worked towards a PHD at Lehigh University, but did not complete his thesis.<\/p>\n
\nClay worked for 35 years in the microwave tube field for military applications in radar and communications. Employment included Bendix, Sylvania, Litton, International Telephone & Telegraph, and Varian. He designed the first traveling wave tube with the patented 2 second cathode for the SAM_D missile, now known as the Patriot missile. Clay was respected by peers, competitors system manufactures, and military commands.<\/p>\n
\nHe was a life long gardener for more than 70 years, his small gardens supplied veggies to more than 4 families. His passion for hunting and fishing was known by all who knew him. He and his son made many hunting trips to western US, Canada, and Alaska.<\/p>\n
\nA funeral will be private for family only. Arrangements by Pearson Funeral Home, Bethlehem Pa. Interment will be in Bethlehem Memorial Park.<\/p>\n
\nMemorial donations may be made to Penns Manor HS Foundation, Waltermire Scholarship, 6001 Route 553, Clymer PA 15728<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Clayton L. Waltermire OBITUARY Clayton \u201cClay\u201d Waltermire, 88, of Williams Township, died peacefully, Tuesday,March 24th, 2026, in Bethlehem…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-158708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}