Friends may call at the Dahn-Woodhouse Funeral Home in Carroll. The casket will be taken to the church Friday at 11:30 a.m. for viewing until the hour of rites. A prayer service for the family will be held at the church at 1:15 p.m. Friday.

Mr. Walter, a lifelong farmer, died Wednesday morning, July 5, 1972, at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll, where he had been a patient since June 29.

A son of William F. and Amelia (Kai) Walter, he was born in Crawford County January 10, 1911.

On August 17, 1931, he was married to the former Helen Liechti at Manning, with Pastor John M. Ansorge officiating at the wedding.

They have lived on the present farm for 17 years.

He was a veteran of World War II, a member of Zion Lutheran Church at Arcadia, and a member of the American Legion at Westside.

Mr. Walter is survived by his wife and seven children, including Kenneth of Fort Dodge, Captain Lowell Walter of Washington state; Mrs. Darrell (Shirley) Kluver of Lake View, Russell of Maryville, Missouri; Mrs. Andrew (Beverly) Petersen of Colorado Springs, Colorado; Mrs. Robert (Audrey) Ellington of Joliet, Illinois; and Mrs. Ronald (Barbara) Feddersen of Brighton, Colorado.

Also surviving are 15 grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Henry Vinke of Manning, Mrs. Gordon Sievertsen of Harlan, Mrs. Alva Steiner of Westside, and Mrs. Charles Elwell of Denison: and two brothers, Louis Walter of Council Bluffs; and Ivan Walter of Worthington, Minnesota.

Mr. Walter was preceded in death by a 12-year-old son, Duane; two grandchildren and several brothers and sisters.

Legionnaires will form an Honor Guard at the church.