He was a retired meat cutter, an Army veteran of World War II and a member of St. Joseph's Church and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, both of Hays.
Survivors include his wife, Peg of the home; two sons, Thomas W. of Emporia and Donald M. of Wichita Falls, Texas; two daughters, Janice Robben of Topeka and Mary Jo Cousins of Prairie Village; five brothers, Herbert J. of Hays, Frank of Topeka, George of Placentia, Calif., Edward of Pevely, Mo., and Elmer of Aurora, Colo.; two sisters, Luella Kuhn of Victoria and Alice Gerstner of Amarillo, Texas; and nine grandchildren.
The funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Joseph's Church, Hays, the Rev. Earl Meyer officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery with military honors by the Hays VFW. A Daughters of Isabella rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. and a parish wake will be 8 p.m. Friday at Brock's North Hill Chapel.
Memorials can be made to the Ellis County Cancer Council. Visitation is from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. today and until the service Saturday at the funeral home.
Salina Journal, 1/8/1989
He was a retired meat cutter, an Army veteran of World War II and a member of St. Joseph's Church and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, both of Hays.
Survivors include his wife, Peg of the home; two sons, Thomas W. of Emporia and Donald M. of Wichita Falls, Texas; two daughters, Janice Robben of Topeka and Mary Jo Cousins of Prairie Village; five brothers, Herbert J. of Hays, Frank of Topeka, George of Placentia, Calif., Edward of Pevely, Mo., and Elmer of Aurora, Colo.; two sisters, Luella Kuhn of Victoria and Alice Gerstner of Amarillo, Texas; and nine grandchildren.
The funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Joseph's Church, Hays, the Rev. Earl Meyer officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery with military honors by the Hays VFW. A Daughters of Isabella rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. and a parish wake will be 8 p.m. Friday at Brock's North Hill Chapel.
Memorials can be made to the Ellis County Cancer Council. Visitation is from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. today and until the service Saturday at the funeral home.
Salina Journal, 1/8/1989
Family Members
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Alicia M. Walters
1909–1909
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Clarence Joseph Walters
1910–1976
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Raymond "Ray" Walters
1912–1987
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Herbert James Walters
1916–2007
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LTC Elmer Alexius Walters
1918–1995
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Luella M. Walters Kuhn
1920–2005
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Francis James "Frank" Walters
1923–2012
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Alice Jane Walters Gerstner
1925–2020
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Edward Thomas Walters
1929–2007
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