Peter C. WALTERS

WALTERS, HEIMS, WILLIAMS, HAUSMAN, CALDWELL, BLACK, ENGLERT, MEER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/8/2010 at 12:33:02

September 6, 1920 --- May 11, 2003

Peter "P.C." "Pete" C. Walters, 82, of Bickford Cottage, formerly of 2801 Highway 6 East No. 31, died of renal failure Sunday, May 11, 2003. Memorial Mass will be celebrated 11 a.m. Saturday, May 17, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. The family will greet friends Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. at Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service, 605 Kirkwood Ave., Iowa City, where a parish vigil service will be conducted at 7 p.m. A private committal service will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to UIHC Renal Dialysis Unit.

Peter was born Sept. 6, 1920, in Corwith, Iowa, the son of Carl and Elizabeth Heims Walters. On Dec. 28, 1944, he was united in marriage to Paige Williams. They met while teaching school in Riceville, Iowa. He and his wife farmed southwest of Iowa City, where they raised purebred Suffolk and North Country Cheviot sheep. He worked as the general manager for the Sharon Telephone Co. from 1959-1979. He was a member of Fellowship Masonic Lodge 549 and the Iowa City Moose Lodge 1096. He enjoyed playing golf, bridge and other card games.

He is survived by his children, James Walters and wife Christine of Iowa City and Julie Hausman of Iowa City; three grandchildren, Christopher Hausman and wife Celina of Dallas, Texas, Kirsten Hausman of Dallas and Matthew Walters of Iowa City, Iowa. He is also survived by two brothers, Jacob Walters and wife Velma of Fairmont, Minn., and Thomas Walters and wife Sylvia of Fort Dodge; two sisters, Katherine Caldwell of Minneapolis and Pauline Black of Laurens, Iowa; a brother-in-law and wife, Robert and Alice Williams of Stoney Creek, Conn.; numerous nieces and nephews; special friend, Rose Meer of Iowa City; and his bridge partner, Edna Englert of Iowa City. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, seven sisters and a brother.

The Gazette -- Cedar Rapids, Iowa
May 14, 2003