Leo Walter

TORRINGTON, WY . . . . Funeral services for LEO WALTER, 79, will be held at 11:00am on Friday, March 16, 2007 at the Colyer Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Curtis Hill officiating. Burial will follow in the Valley View Cemetery. Mr. Walter died on March 10, 2007 at the Holland Hospital in Holland, Michigan. Visitation hours will be held on Thursday, March 15 at the Colyer Funeral Home from noon until 7pm; and the casket will be open briefly following the service. In lieu of flowers the family would request that memorial donations be directed to the Alzheimer's Association c/o of Larry Walter at 491 Hunters Run Circle, Holland, MI 49423. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends are invited to send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com or directly to the family at Larry's address listed above. Mr. Walter was born Walter Leo Walter on March 25, 1927 in Lingle, Wyoming the son of Johann 'Louis' and Katherine (Dinges) Walter. He grew up and attended school at Lingle and then served in the United States Army; returning to the Lingle area upon his discharge. He married Berdean Moore at Scottsbluff, Nebraska on December 17, 1946. Leo then worked on farms in the Lingle, Wyoming area and then he was a truck driver for Hamilton-Mayflower Company in Torrington, Wyoming. He returned to farming and ranching at Huntley and LaGrange, Wyoming, and Harrison and Morrill, Nebraska for a period of time. For the last 25 years, Leo worked with Hal Brethour at HLB Charolais at Torrington. When Leo became ill in the fall of 2006, he and his wife Berdean moved to Holland, Michigan in December of that year to be near their son, Larry. Leo enjoyed working on his family genealogy and he loved to polka. He is survived by his wife, Berdean; two sons, Gary Walter of Battle Mountain, Nevada, and Larry Walter and his wife Rachelle of Holland, Michigan; five sisters, Ruth Goering and her husband Dale of Torrington, Wyoming; Lorraine Rimmer of Rupert, Idaho; Mary Whomble of Sparks, Nevada; Dorothy Rimmer of Douglas, Wyoming; and Beverlee Shaw and her husband Dale of El Paso, Texas; six grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, and one brother, David Walter.

Leo Walter

March 25, 1927 - March 10, 2007