Robert ‘Bob’ D. Walters
April 23, 2018 at 3:56 p.m.
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He was born Jan. 7, 1934, in Silver Lake, to Claude D. Walters and Mildred Christner Walters. On Dec. 31, 1955, he was married to Patricia Overmyer; she passed away Jan. 2, 1972. He remarried on April 17, 1999, to Judith Ann Clabaugh Whitaker Lease, who survives.
Bob was a lifetime resident of Kosciusko County, where he was a 1952 graduate of Warsaw High School. He was inducted into the U.S. Marine Corps on July 1, 1952, and was a Korean War veteran. He proudly served until his honorable discharge on June 30, 1955.
He worked for the Warsaw post office for 30 years until he retired in 1989.
Bob attended New Beginnings Church and World Outreach, Warsaw, and was a member of American Legion Post 49 and VFW Post 1126, both of Warsaw.
Bob will be dearly missed and forever loved by his family and friends.
He will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 19 years, Judith “Judy” Ann Walters, Warsaw; son, Robert D. (wife Kim) Walters II, Chicago; daughter, Elizabeth Blanchard, Thibodaux, La.; two stepsons, Rick (wife Becky) Whitaker, Warsaw, and Rodney (wife Vickie) Whitaker, Akron; and his stepdaughter, Debbie (husband Kenneth) Roberts, Ashtabula, Ohio. He also leaves behind three grandchildren, nine stepgrandchildren, one great-grandchild, 13 step-great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Patricia Overmyer Walters; his sister, Charlotte "Char" Smith; and a nephew, Dan Smith.
Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, 225 Argonne Road, Warsaw.
His funeral service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 25, at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home and officiated by Pastor Ronnie Patrick and Pastor Kenneth Roberts.
Burial will follow with a graveside service at Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, with full military rites conducted by American Legion Post 49 and VFW Post 1126, both of Warsaw, and active duty representatives of the Marine Honor Guard.
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Memorials to New Beginnings Church and World Outreach, P.O. Box 913, Warsaw, IN 46581.
Condolences may be sent at www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com.
He was born Jan. 7, 1934, in Silver Lake, to Claude D. Walters and Mildred Christner Walters. On Dec. 31, 1955, he was married to Patricia Overmyer; she passed away Jan. 2, 1972. He remarried on April 17, 1999, to Judith Ann Clabaugh Whitaker Lease, who survives.
Bob was a lifetime resident of Kosciusko County, where he was a 1952 graduate of Warsaw High School. He was inducted into the U.S. Marine Corps on July 1, 1952, and was a Korean War veteran. He proudly served until his honorable discharge on June 30, 1955.
He worked for the Warsaw post office for 30 years until he retired in 1989.
Bob attended New Beginnings Church and World Outreach, Warsaw, and was a member of American Legion Post 49 and VFW Post 1126, both of Warsaw.
Bob will be dearly missed and forever loved by his family and friends.
He will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 19 years, Judith “Judy” Ann Walters, Warsaw; son, Robert D. (wife Kim) Walters II, Chicago; daughter, Elizabeth Blanchard, Thibodaux, La.; two stepsons, Rick (wife Becky) Whitaker, Warsaw, and Rodney (wife Vickie) Whitaker, Akron; and his stepdaughter, Debbie (husband Kenneth) Roberts, Ashtabula, Ohio. He also leaves behind three grandchildren, nine stepgrandchildren, one great-grandchild, 13 step-great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Patricia Overmyer Walters; his sister, Charlotte "Char" Smith; and a nephew, Dan Smith.
Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, 225 Argonne Road, Warsaw.
His funeral service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 25, at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home and officiated by Pastor Ronnie Patrick and Pastor Kenneth Roberts.
Burial will follow with a graveside service at Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, with full military rites conducted by American Legion Post 49 and VFW Post 1126, both of Warsaw, and active duty representatives of the Marine Honor Guard.
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Memorials to New Beginnings Church and World Outreach, P.O. Box 913, Warsaw, IN 46581.
Condolences may be sent at www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com.
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