Dr. Walter Whitman Strom Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Dr. Walter Whitman Strom, 81, of Albany, died Friday, January 25, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Hospital. A Memorial service will be held, Monday, January 29, 2018 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church at 11:00 AM. The Rev. Lee Lowery will officiate. Dr. Strom attended Emory University at Oxford before transferring and graduating from Emory University in 1958. After obtaining his DDS at Emory Dental School, he was commissioned into the U.S. Navy and served two years. Dr. Strom and his family returned home to Albany in 1965 where he opened his practice and served the community until his retirement in 1998. During his career he served as president of both the Georgia Academy of Dentistry and the Southwest Georgia Dental Society. Dr. Strom’s lifelong passion for aviation led him to become a member of the Experimental Aviation Association as well as a board member of the Aviation Museum in Warner Robins. He loved animals, automobiles, and airplanes, but more than anything he loved his family. Survivors include his wife, Kathleen C. Strom of Albany, 3 children, Ivy Strom Lane and her husband, John of Albany, Brother Strom of Albany and Pier Strom Huber and her husband, Paul of Salt Lake City, UT, 8 grandchildren, John Matthew Lane, Jr. and his wife, Hayley, Dr. Morgan Elizabeth Lane, Tyler Ray Strom and his wife, Mackenzie, Bailey Kathleen Strom, Jones Hewitt Strom, Watt Whitman Strom, John Paul Huber and Strom Dunaway Huber, 1 great grandchild, Carlton Ann Strom and 1 brother, James Edward Strom of Lake Blackshear, GA. Dr. Strom was preceded in death by his parents, Walter Weslosky and Elizabeth Jones Strom. Memorials may be made to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 212 N. Jefferson Rd, Albany, GA 31701 To share your thoughts with the Strom family, you may visit our website at www.kimbrellstern.com.

Dr. Walter Whitman Strom

August 1, 1936 - January 26, 2018