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Walter John Ligman

Walter John Ligman

Male 1928 - 1999  (70 years)


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  • Name Walter John Ligman  [1, 2] 
    Birth 25 Sep 1928  Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 16 May 1999  Banning, Riverside, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Person ID I3696  Branches and Roots
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2026 

    Father Thomas Allen Ligman,   b. 30 May 1902, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 1975, Indio, Riverside, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Etta M. Haskell,   b. 10 Jul 1902, Washington Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1988, Indio, Riverside, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 22 Dec 1921  Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F545  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dawne Marcia Inman,   b. 21 Apr 1928, Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jun 2000, Pioneertown, San Bernardino, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 16 May 1949  Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Walter John Ligman  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. Living
    Family ID F564  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2026 

  • Notes 


  • Sources 
    1. [S350] Desert Sun, The, Ligman, Walter J. (1999). 21MAY1999.
      alter J. Ligman, 70, of Banning died May 16, 1999, in Loma Linda.

      He was born Sept. 25, 1928, in Tacoma, Wash.

      He was the owner of Walt's Automotive in Indio for more than 36 years.

      He served in the U.S. Navy for two years.

      Survivors include his wife, Dawne; a son, Walter J. of Yucca Valley; a daughter, Marcia S. Ortegel of Twin Falls, Idaho; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren and two brothers, Minard of Idyllwild and Richard of Indio; and two sisters, Juanita Dobbins of Carson City, Nev., and Patricia Safford of Hampden, Mass.

      Arrangements were under the direction of Weaver Mortuary in Beaumont.

      Desert Sun, The: 21MAY1999
      Accessed: 04FEB2024

    2. [S250] Staff, Arizona Daily Star: Obituaries, (Name: Arizona Daily Star; Location: Tucson, Arizona;), Obituary: Castro, Katherine Lynn (Ligman).
      Castro, Katherine Lynn, 40, passed away October 4, 1980. Wife of Mr. Hugo Castro; mother of Lori Lynn, Lisa Aurora, and Hugo Edward; daughter of Mrs. Etta Ligman; sister of Mrs. Juanita Dobbins, Mrs. Patricia Safford, Thomas A, Bud, Walter John, and Dick Ligman. Mass will be offered Monday, 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Fatima, 1950 W. Irvington. Interment will follow at South Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the TUCSON MORTUARY, Monday morning, until time of service.

      Arizona Daily Star. 06OCT1980
      HFA: 06JAN2022

    3. [S350] Desert Sun, The, Ligman, Dawne Marcia (Inman).
      Dawne Ligman

      Dawne Marcia Ligman, 72, of Banning died June 19, 2000, in Pioneertown.

      She was born April 21, 1928, to Herbert and Muriel Inman in Boston. She married Walter J. Ligman on May 16, 1949, in Tacoma, Wash.

      She retired from Security Pacific Bank in Indio as assistant manager, then worked for the Richard Bagdasarian Ranch.

      She is survived by her son, John of Yucca Valley; her daughter, Marcia Ortegel of Twin Falls, Idaho; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Walter, in 1999.

      Services were private.

      The family suggests donations to the Visiting Nurse Association/Hospice, Yucca Valley.

      Dersert Sun, The: 08JUL2000
      Accessed: 04FEB2024