Obit: Walters, Richard W. (1901 - 1988)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Walters, Green, Prodzinski, Rhead, Hon

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 2/11/1988

Walters, Richard W. (26 April 1901 – 3 February 1988)

Private family services were held Friday, February 5. At Dells Dam Cemetery for Richard W. Walters, Neillsville, who died following a brief illness on Wednesday afternoon, February 3, at Sacred Heart Hospital, Eau Claire. Gesche Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Walters was born in Westboro, on April 26, 1901, the son of William and Nettie (Green) Walters. After attending elementary school in the Neillsville area and high school in Minneapolis, MN, he began logging in northern Wisconsin. Later, he completed course studies at a forestry school in Minnesota and worked many years for the Minnesota Department of Forestry. He moved to California working as a carpenter for eight years and then settled in Milwaukee where he worked until his retirement. In 1967, he moved to Neillsville where he lived the rest of his life.

On March 10, 1954, he married Priscilla M. Prodzinski at Troy. She survives. Other survivors are six children, William, Richard, Jr., Mrs. Richard (Betty) Rhead and John, all of Beloit, Donald of Franklin, and Mrs. William (Elaine) Hon of Neillsville; 18 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild. His parents predeceased him.