Roxanne Overton
Wallace (Wally) Henry Overton, was born in Great Falls MT on March 5, 1937 to John and Florence Overton. He died from a fall on July 29, 2023.
After graduating high school, Wally joined the Navy and served as an electronics tech aboard the Howard Gilmore, a submarine tender. The introduction to electronics led to further education and he received his Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Santa Clara University. Wally spent 40 years working at Hewlett Packard and has patents for the development of disk drive memory for computers after the transition from tape memory.
Wally and his wife, Roxanne, enjoyed skiing, scuba diving, underwater and land photography and exploring cultures of the world as they traveled extensively on six continents.
Wally leaves behind his wife, Roxanne, Rohnert Park CA, two sons, John Overton (Nora), Meridian ID, and Rick Overton, Boise ID, two step-sons Christian Bouché, Boise ID and Noel Bouché, San Francisco CA, and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
