WUNSCH, Walter H. 1926-2002

WUNSCH, FOLKERTS, SCHONBIER

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 1/30/2009 at 18:02:06

GREENE, IOWA--Funeral services for Walter H. Wunsch, 76, of 216 South Main, Greene, will be 10:30 a.m. today, Monday, Nov. 25, 2002, at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Greene with Pastor Gary Hatcher officiating. Burial will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery with military rites conducted by Tack Barnett Post 268 American Legion of Greene officiating.

Visitation will be one hour prior to service at the church today.

Walter H. Wunsch was born Jan. 17, 1926, in Dumont, Butler County, a son of Alexander and Helena (Schonbier) Wunsch, and died Thursday, Nov. 21, 2002, at the Floyd County Memorial Hospital in Charles City.

He was baptized April 17, 1927, at the Reformed Church in Dumont, and confirmed a member of St. Peter Lutheran Church on April 7, 1946. He received his education in the Bristow Public School graduating in 1943. As a young man he worked with his father until he was inducted in the United States Army on March 25, 1944. He served with the 363rd Medical Battalion in France and Germany where he was wounded on March 6, 1945, and was awarded the Purple Heart. He was honorably discharged on Feb. 12, 1946.

On Oct. 6, 1946, he was united in marriage to Ruth H. Folkerts at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. They made their home in Greene and to this union were born five children.

Walt and his brother Paul continued the family business in Greene known as Wunsch Plumbing and Heating and later Wunsch Construction Co. which was started by their father in 1944. Following his retirement in 1987, Walt and Ruth spent their winters in Texas. His number one priority was his family and his grandchildren; with golfing, and being on the computer.

He is survived by his beloved wife of 56 years, Ruth H. Wunsch of Greene; two daughters: Linda (Lloyd) Foster of Omak, Wash., Carol (Keith) Kinnaird of Redmond, Wash.; three sons: Steve Wunsch of Ida Grove, Kenneth (Jody) Wunsch of Marshalltown, Randall (Kelly) Wunsch of Garner; grandchildren: Benjamin, Christopher, and Stefanie Foster, Amanda, Allyson, and Adam Wunsch, Jason, Tiffany, and Becca Wunsch, Megan, and Matthew Wunsch, and Colin Kinnaird; one sister-in-law: Nola Wunsch of Greene; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister Magarete Beninga, and one brother Paul Wunsch.

Reid's Funeral Chapel in Greene is in charge of arrangements.