Walter C. Scanlon, 81, of DeWitt, passed away Thursday, January 27, 2011 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Born in Syracuse on Thursday, September 19, 1929, he was the son of Charles Patrick Scanlon and Ruby Merle Fields Scanlon. He spent his early years in Manlius and Tully. Walter also lived in Tennessee before moving back to Syracuse in 2001. A 1947 graduate of Manlius High School, he was owner of the plumbing business, WCS Supply, Inc. in Cortland for over 50 years, retiring in 1995. Walter was a member of Slavic Full Gospel Church and enjoyed reading and fishing. Walter helped a number of people who immigrated to the United States from the Ukraine. Surviving are his wife, Antonina; sons and daughter-in-law, Patrick and Michelle Scanlon and Terry Scanlon; six grandchildren; stepson and wife, Igor and Vera Nosovskiy; and stepdaughter and husband, Lyubov and Vladimir Demkiv. First service will be at 6 p.m. Saturday, January 29 at the Buranich Funeral Home, 5431 W. Genesee St., Camillus. Second service will be at 11 a.m. Monday, January 31 at the funeral home. Pastor Mikhail Savich will officiate. Walter will be laid to rest in Greenlawn Cemetery, Warners.