CHARLES (CHARLIE) E. WALTER, 83
CHARLES (CHARLIE) E. WALTER, 83 passed away Saturday, April 29, 2006 at his home. Born July 31, 1922 in Vera Cruz, Indiana, son of Ervin & Frances (Moser) Walter. He retired from K-Mart Distribution Center after 34 years. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of American Legion Post 241 for 50 years, serving as past commander and head of the Honor Guard. He was well known in the Tri-State area playing in local clubs, wedding receptions and at Buck Lake Ranch from 1950 to 1990 with his band “Charlie Walter and the Trailriders”. He was a partner in the Hoosier Hayride series in 1957. He was a lifetime member and vice president of Fort Wayne Musicians Local 58. He also had a radio and television show on WKJG in the later 1950s and early 1960s and was a disc jockey for WIFF in Auburn, Indiana. He was a member of St. Therese Catholic Church and the Holy Name Society. Besides music he loved playing cards and belonged to a horseshoe league for 20 years. He also loved watching Colts football with his family and was a die-hard Cincinnati Reds fan.
“He was loved by his family and will be greatly missed.”
Surviving are his wife of 56 years, Justine (Brite) Walter; sons, Ron, Tim, Mike, Dennis and Patrick; daughters, Ann, Cindy, and Lisa, 11 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren; brothers, Kenneth of Bluffton, Raymond of Fort Wayne; and sister, Edna (Fred) Wenger of Bluffton.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and sister, Eileen.
Service was Wednesday, May 3, at St. Therese Catholic Church. Visitation at Elzey Patterson Rodak Monday, May 1 and Tuesday, May 2.
As Charlie’s fairwell signature on his radio show “If you can’t have the best of everything, make the best of everything you have”
Memorials to Visiting Nurse Hospice or to St. Therese Building Fund.
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