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Rita Mae Walter, 01 Feb 1934 - 12 Mar 2017

WALTER, KNIPFER, KLEIN, GORSH, MORRISON, BUCK, HOCHSTETLER, STIMMEL, MCCALLISTER, ESCHER, QUAINTANCE, NEWCOMB, EVANS, STEWART

Posted By: Sandy Ficken (email)
Date: 3/24/2017 at 15:15:11

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, at Powell Funeral Home, Williamsburg. Messages and tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com.

Celebration of life service for Rita Walter, 83, Williamsburg, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 16, at Immanuel Lutheran Church near Williamsburg. She died Sunday, March 12, 2017.

Burial will be in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery.

Memorials are for HCI Hospice Care Services, Des Moines.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, at Powell Funeral Home, Williamsburg. Messages and tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com.

Rita Mae Walter was born Feb. 1, 1934, in Millersburg, the daughter of Herman and Dorothy (Klein) Knipfer. She graduated from Marengo High School in 1952.

She married Orville Walter on June 25, 1955, at Immanuel Lutheran Church near Williamsburg. She worked a number of years at the Amana Bakery. She enjoyed working outside and spending time with her family. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and the VFW Auxiliary Post #8797.

Walter is survived by three daughters, Kim (Terry) Gorsh, Boone; Carma Morrison, Williamsburg, and Kelly (Howard) Buck, Pleasant Hill; seven grandchildren, Miranda and Meridith Hochstetler, Tiffin; Jessica Stimmel, Cedar Rapids; Emmy McCallister, Solon; Jacob Escher, Boone; Heath Walter, Williamsburg, and Paige Morrison, Williamsburg; seven great-grandchildren, Caden and Bella Stimmel, Austin and Allison Quaintance, Brenten Walter, Zoey Newcomb and Meta Evans, and a brother, Gerald (Sala) Knipfer.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 2015; her parents; one son, Rodney; grandson, Chad Evans; two brothers, Don Knipfer and Orlin Knipfer, and a sister Judy Stewart.

Williamsburg Journal Tribune 22 Mar 2017 pg 5
the Gazette, 14 March 2017, 11A


 

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