Robert 'Bob' Thomas Walter

ROBERT BOB WALTER MUSCATINE, Iowa - Robert Bob Thomas Walter, 90, of Muscatine, died on Friday, January 14, 2011, at his home. Funeral service will be at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 18, 2011, at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Doctor Bruce Ursin of the Wesley United Methodist Church will officiate. Casket bearers will be Bruce Walter, Bob Willis, Ryno Olson, and Randy Lear. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. on Monday, January 17, 2011, at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the local American Red Cross or the Muscatine Humane Society. Online condolences for the Walter family may be left at www.wittichfuneralhome.com. Robert was born on October 29, 1920, in Muscatine, the son of Edward A. and Carrie Cockerill Walter. He married Dorothy Pearl Schwartz on November 15, 1942, in Muscatine. She preceded him in death on October 18, 1996. He was a salesman and staff manager at Prudential Insurance Agency for over 30 years retiring in 1980. He was a 1938 graduate of Muscatine High School, and was a member the Muscatine School B...[more]

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ard of Education from 1963 to 1972. He belonged to Trinity Episcopal Church, Eastern Iowa P.O.W.s, Caterpillar Club, and C amp; O Canal Association, and he was an avid flower gardener and always enjoyed showing his gardens to any and all that passed by. Robert was a veteran of World War II, serving as a First Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps, 15th Air Force, 515th Squadron, 376th Bomber Group, and a Bombardier on a B-24. He was shot down over Austria on May 24, 1944, and spent over a year as a P.O.W. in Germany. Those left to honor his memory include his son, Brian H. Walter and wife, Kay, of Muscatine; a daughter-in-law, Kim Walter of Ottumwa; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Gerald D. Walter and Donald P. Walter, both of Muscatine. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; one son, Thomas M. Walter on April 14, 2004; one sister; and three brothers.