Bruce J. Walthers 1919-2007
Bruce J. Walthers, chairman of Wm. K. Walthers, Inc, passed away on January 28th. Bruce Walthers was the son of Wm. K. Walthers, the founder of the W. K. Walthers company which first produced a model railroad catalog in 1932. In the beginning, Walthers catered to the O Gauge community but was instrumental in making HO popular. Bruce Walthers is credited with taking the company his father founded and making it the leading distributor of model railroading products that it is today. The majority of the pages of the now infamous Walthers catalog are dedicated to HO scale products. J. Phillip Walthers, son of Bruce Walthers, is the current president of W. K. Walthers.
Read more about Bruce Walthers on the Walthers website. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel also has a piece about Mr. Walthers found here. Read more about the history of W. K. Walthers here.
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