Walter Frederick DETMER

DETMER, PFAFFENBACH, BEYER, COSENTINO, KLAVER, SNODDY

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 8/14/2009 at 09:53:02

Daily Freeman Journal, Webster City, Iowa
August 9, 2009

Walter F. Detmer, 97, of Webster City, died Thursday, August 6, 2009 at the Hamilton Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at the Vernon Lutheran Church south of Dows. Burial will follow in the Vernon Lutheran Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held Tuesday from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Foster Funeral & Cremation Center and prior to services on Wednesday at the church.

Walter Frederick Detmer, son of Henry and Anna Pfaffenbach Detmer was born on March 1, 1912 on a farm southeast of Blairsburg in Liberty Township. He received his education and graduated from Blairsburg High School. He attended the University of Commerce in Des Moines where he graduated with a degree in business. In 1938, he married Ella Mary Beyer at the Vernon Lutheran Church Parsonage. The couple resided on a farm near Williams, Iowa. Walter's main vocation was as a farmer. He had also worked for three years at Diamond Brothers Grocery in Parkersburg.

Survivors include his wife Ella; son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth and Barbie Detmer of Carpinteria, CA; grandchildren, Colette (Detmer) Cosentino of Ojai, CA; Jeryl (Sami) Detmer of Ogden, UT; and one great grandson, Elias Detmer also of Ogden, UT. In addition to his parents, Walter was preceded in death by his daughter in infancy, Barbie Detmer; two brothers, Gilbert and George Detmer; and two sisters, Velma Klaver and Esterlene Snoddy.

He was a member of the Vernon Lutheran Church, where he served as treasurer during the building phase of the current church. Walter also loved playing the Banjo, which he played with a group of musicians in the Jewell, Iowa area.