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Walter R. Borde (1899 - 1989)

Walter R. Borde, age 89 of 651 Albion Road, Edgerton, died on Thursday, May 18,1989, at the Edgerton Memorial Community Hospital. He was born on September 9, l899, in Jefferson County, the son of Gustave and Emma (Kind) Borde. He married Elizabeth Carl on June 14, l930, in Neillsville. He had farmed in the Neillsville area until l946, and in the Edgerton area since l954. He was a member of St. John Lutheran Church, Edgerton, the Albion Civics Club, and he enjoyed gardening.

Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth two daughters, Mrs. Ellen (Clifford) Swann of Edgerton; and Barbara Borde of Madison; and a granddaughter, Diane (Lon) Michener, and a great-grandson, Blake, both of Golden Valley, Minnesota.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, May 22, l989, at ll:00 a.m. at St. John Lutheran Church, Edgerton, with the Reverend Wilfred Grieser officiating. Burial will be in Fassett Cemetery.