WALK, Lloyd W. 1918-1998

WALK

Posted By: Kermit Kittleson
Date: 9/18/2010 at 18:26:26

Lloyd Wilfred Walk

KENSETT — Lloyd Wilfred Walk, 79, of Kensett, died Thursday (May 14, 1998) at the Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City.

Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 15, 1998, at the Bethany Lutheran Church in Kensett, with the Rev. Selmer G. "Sam" Hernes officiating. There will be no visitation as his wish was to be cremated. Private family inurnment will be in the Grafton Cemetery with graveside military honors by Our Buddies VFW Memorial Post No. 6779 of Northwood.

Bride Colonial Chapel, 110 E. Spring St., Manly, is in charge of the arrangements.

Lloyd Wilfred Walk was born on Dec. 12, 1918, in Grafton, the son of Albert E. and Gertrude (Radamaker) Walk.

He was baptized and reaffirmed the faith of his baptism through confirmation at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Grafton. He attended and received his education in the rural schools near Grafton.

He was inducted into the U.S. Army on Feb. 21, 1942, at Fort Des Moines and served overseas in the South Pacific during World War II, receiving the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He was honorably discharged on Oct. 13, 1945, at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

After his discharge, he came back to Grafton and worked for the Alitz Excavating Company in Mason City until his retirement in 1979.

He was united in marriage to Luetta (Schmidt) Boettcher on June 27, 1957, in LeMars, Iowa. After their marriage, they moved to Kensett in 1957.

Lloyd enjoyed fishing, hunting and working in his garden, which was his pride and joy. Lloyd also had a very special granddaughter, Staci VerBrugge.

He was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church in Kensett.

Survivors include his wife, Luetta Walk, of Kensett; four children, Denny Boettcher and his wife, Bonnie, of Litchfield, Minn.; Dick Boettcher and his wife, Betty, of Fallon, Nev.; Judy VerBrugge and her husband, Bob, of Mason City; and Bonnie Francis and her husband, Marv, of Mason City; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; three sisters, Fern Dalluge, of Mason City, Ruby Bork, of Clear Lake, and Betty Hall and her husband, John, of Lisbon; as well as other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers, Claude (Bobby), Donald and Glen (Buddy) Walk.