Obit: Korth, Walter (1924 - 2016)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Korth, Drescher, Foemmel, Sullivan, Crossman, Meyer, Henninger

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 1/27/2016

Korth, Walter (24 February 1924 - 20 January 2016) With Flag

Walter Korth, 91, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. He was born Feb. 24, 1924, to Emil and Hattie (Drescher) Korth at home near Granton. Walter graduated from Granton High School in 1942, attended airplane mechanics school in Eau Claire and enlisted in the U. S. Air Force in December 1942.

His military training included basic training at Gulfport, MS; B-24 Bomber training at Ypsilanti, MI; armament school at St. Paul, MN; and flight training at Tucson, AZ, and Pueblo, CO, where he was assigned to a bomber crew. Walter was stationed at Attlebridge Air Force Base in England and flew 35 missions over Germany during World War II. He was awarded four oak-leaf clusters and three bronze stars for meritorious achievement in combat.

Walter married Violet Foemmel May 23, 1946. He worked at a cheese factory and as a car mechanic before he and his wife moved to his parents’ farm in York Center in 1949 to farm with his father and brother until his parents sold the farm in 1951. In 1952, he and his brother bought a farm in Jefferson County, farming together until 1975. He drove semi-truck for Simonson Oil Co. in Fort Atkinson for 28 years and for Vasby Grain Farms in Cambridge for 10 years. He then worked for J & L Tire in Johnson Creek.

Walter was an active member of Willerup Methodist Church, Cambridge, since 1953. He served as trustee and ushered.

Walter is survived by his wife; two children: Darrell (Peggy) Korth and Diane (Tim) Sullivan; five grandchildren: Jacob (Amy) Korth, Adam (Chasity) Korth, Luke (Melissa) Korth, Ryan (Kim) Sullivan) and Brent (Toni) Sullivan; two great-grandchildren: Alice Violet Korth and Riley Pearl Sullivan; and two sisters: Eileen (Dwight) Crossman and Dorothy (Leonard) Meyer.

He was preceded in death by his brother, Wilbert (Alvina), and sister, Louise (Harlow) Henninger.

Funeral services were held at Willerup Methodist Church, 414 W. Water St., Cambridge, Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, with visitation at 9:30 a.m. and services at 11 a.m. followed by military funeral honors.

The Nitardy Funeral Home, Cambridge, assisted the family www.nitardyfuneralhome.com.