The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 647

WALTER F. LOWE.

Walter F. Lowe has found in the vastness of Washington his opportunity for a
successful career and is now a prosperous rancher near Sunnyside, where he has
important property interests, deriving a gratifying income from his activities.
He was born in Sullivan county, Pennsylvania, December 2, 1880, a son of William
J. and Ruby (Gavitt) Lowe, both natives of the Keystone state, the former born
in Sullivan county and the latter in Susquehanna county. In that state they were
married. The paternal grandfather of our subject, William Lowe, was a farmer in
Pennsylvania, which vocation the father also successfully followed. In 1911 the
parents removed to Ellensburg. Washington, and there they are now living
retired.

Walter F. Lowe received a public school education, after which he pursued a
course at the Scranton Business College, from which he was graduated. For the
following five years he was engaged in office work and in 1904 arrived in
Ellensburg, where for about a year he worked for wages along agricultural lines.
At the end of that time he had acquired sufficient means to enable him to rent
land. which he continued to cultivate for two years, and then bought fifty
acres in the vicinity of Ellensburg. In 1914 he sold that tract and acquired
thirty-eight acres four and a half miles southwest of Sunnyside and a quarter of
a mile west of Emerald. There he has built a fine eight-room house, has erected
substantial barns and also a modern garage and has installed modern machinery
and equipment upon his place, which is now one of the most valuable properties
of the district. He is largely engaged in raising hay, specializing along this
line, and derives a very gratifying income from this source. On the 25th of
April, 1907, Mr. Lowe was married to Miss Katie M. Killmore, a native of
Ellensburg, Washington, and a daughter of W. D. and Josephine (Rego) Killmore,
who were numbered among the first pioneers of Kittitas county, having made their
way to Ellensburg by packhorse from Seattle across the Cascades. The father is
now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Lowe have been born two children, Geraldine and
Donald, aged respectively eight and five years. The family are highly esteemed
in their neighborhood, where they have made many friends, and at their
beautiful home they often entertain, their hospitality being greatly
appreciated by all who have the honor of their acquaintance.

Fraternally Mr. Lowe is connected with the Woodmen of the World and in politics
he is independent, preferring to follow his judgment instead of party dictation.
In his ranching interests he has become a leader and thus has not only acquired
individual prosperity but also has been a factor in developing and carrying
forward successful agricultural methods in his section of the state.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.