Rev. Ernest R. Walter 1895 - 1986

WALTER, RICHARD, SMITH

Posted By: Linda H. Meyers (email)
Date: 11/12/2008 at 21:15:24

REV. ERNEST R. WALTER
Rev. Ernest R. Walter, 94, of 1429 J Ave., Nevada, IA, died Wednesday, July 30, 1986, at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines IA. Death was attributed to renal failure. He had been ill one month.
Rev. Walter was born Arpil 17, 1895, at Boxholm IA to Phillip and Clara Lehman Walter and was a lifelong Iowa resident.
He was married to Frieda C. Richard Feb. 7, 1924, at Streator IL. She died in 1983.
Survivors include a son , Harold E. Walter of Nevada; a daughter, Ruth E. Smith of Nevada; nine grandchildren and four great grandsons.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and his wife, Frieda.
Rev. Walter was a retired minister and had served Evangelical United Brethren churches in the following towns: Bolan,Lansing, Luverne, Afton, Nevada and Elwell-Loring.
He was a member of the United Methodist Church; Nevada Lodge No. 99 AF & AM, and was a World War I veteran.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p. m. Saturday, Aug. 2, from the Nevada United Methodist Church with Rev. William Ballard officiating. Burial will be in Nevada Cemetery.
Friends may call at Chet Ryan Mortuary, 5th St. and G Ave., Nevada, from 7 - 9 p. m. Friday, Aug. 1.

---from the Nevada Journal Aug 1, 1986