Surnames: Walter, Stancl, Stochek, Sobczak, Pietrzaz, Trybula

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wis.) Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Walter, Mildred (16 April 1920 - 14 April 2008)

Mildred Walter

NEILLSVILLE -- Mildred Walter, 87, of Neillsville died Monday, April 14, 2008, at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield.

The Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m., Friday, April 18, 2008, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Neillsville. Interment will be in the parish cemetery.

Visitation will be from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Thursday at the Gesche Funeral Home in Neillsville.

Mildred was born April 16, 1920, in Spencer, the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Stancl) Stochek. On June 2, 1942, she was united in marriage to Eugene J. Walter at Christ the King Catholic Church in Spencer. He preceded her in death Aug. 21, 2003. In 1950, they took over ownership of the family farm until 1971 when they moved down the road to their second farm until 1992. They then moved to Neillsville.

She is survived by seven children, Barbara (Dennis) Sobczak, West Bend, Joan (James) Pietrzaz, Shakopee, Minn., Eugene (Judith) Walter Jr., Granton, Francis (Judith) Walter, Stephen (Peggy) Walter and Rebecca (Francis) Trybula, all of Neillsville, and Christopher Walter, Thorp; 18 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.