Walter E. Eichner (2007)

EICHNER, PRITCHARD, DOWNS, PERRY

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart (email)
Date: 5/24/2007 at 15:04:59

Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
May 23, 2007

WALTER EICHNER, Ames

Walter E. Eichner, 90, of Ames died May 15, 2007, at Israel Family Hospice in Ames.

Funeral services were held Saturday, May 19, at the Van Meter United Methodist Church with Pastor Judith Bunyi officiating. Burial was at St. Charles Cemetery.

Walter Eichner was born March 24, 1917, in Madison County to Fred and Susie (Pritchard) Eichner. His marriage to Florence Faith Downs took place March 9, 1940, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Van Meter. He lived and farmed in Lee Township in Madison County his entire life until moving to Ames in November of 2006. Walter was involved with the Madison County 4-H, Madison County Pork Producers and Madison County Cattlemen’s Association. He also was a member of the Van Meter United Methodist Church.

He was preceded in death by an infant son, Frank Eichner, and a brother, Harry Eichner.

He is survived by his wife, Florence, of Ames; two sons, Don Eichner and Dennis Eichner, both of Ames; one daughter, Mary Ellen Perry of San Diego, Calif.; and nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the Van Meter United Methodist Church.

Funeral arrangements were handled by Collins Oak Park Chapel & Funeral Services in Winterset.