Adam Walter

TORRINGTON, WYOMING...........Funeral services for ADAM A. WALTER 78, will be held at 2pm Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at the First Congregational Church with Reverend Matthew Gordon officiating. Burial will follow in the Hillcrest Cemetery in Lingle, Wyoming. Adam died at his home February 25, 2010. Memorials to the family to be designated at a later date would be appreciated. Visitation will be on Monday from 3pm to 7pm at the funeral home and the casket will be open at the church prior to the service. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Adam was born May 2, 1931 in Lingle, Wyoming the son of John and Elizabeth (Burback) Walter. He grew up and received his education in Lingle graduating there in 1949. His senior year he was voted unanimous All State in basketball. He attended one year at the University of Wyoming where he played basketball. He then attended one year at Elmhurst Theological College in Chicago, Illinois where again he played basketball. On March 9, 1952 in Lingle he married Doris Hettinger and started farming with his dad. They had five children, Russell (Pinky), Tim, Bill, Janet, and Robin. In 1969 he quit farming and worked for the State of Wyoming as an inspector for the Ag Department. In 1975 he started farming again until 1981 when he sold out and moved to Powell, Wyoming and started Adam’s Animal Desks. In 1990 they moved back to Torrington, Wyoming where he worked for Goshen County Soil and Conservation Service, where he developed South Park in Torrington and planted thousands of trees. After retiring in 2006 he put lots of energy towards the church and his harmonica. Adam wrote his first sheepherder poetry book under the alias Obediah Brown in 1991 and performed in various locations around the state. He taught Bible School, Sunday School, and sang in the church choir. Adam is survived by his wife Doris of Torrington, Wyoming; three sons, Russell (Pinky) Walter and his wife Jody, and Tim Walter and his wife Jancy all of Lingle, Wyoming, and Bill Walter and his wife Erin of Kaycee, Wyoming; two daughters, Robin Walter and Skip of Casper, Wyoming, and Janet Knisley and her husband Mark of Cortez, Colorado; fifteen grandchildren; and nine great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers, and one granddaughter Ty Lynn Walter.

Adam Walter

May 2, 1931 - February 25, 2010