Walter Fred GUENTHER

1917 - 2008  (90 years)

• Name	Walter Fred GUENTHER
  Birth	14 Sep 1917	Poth, Wilson, Texas, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Census	4 Feb 1920	Wilson County, Texas, USA   [5]
  	Justice Precinct 1
  Census	18 Apr 1930	Wilson County, Texas, USA   [4]
  	Justice Precinct 1
  Residence	15 Feb 2008	Floresville, Wilson, Texas, USA   [1, 2]
  	of the Camp Ranch Community
  Religion	Lutheran
  Occupation	Carpenter
  Death	15 Feb 2008	Floresville, Wilson, Texas, USA   [1, 3]
  	at 8:35 p.m. at the Regency Manor Nursing and Rehab Center
  Burial	19 Feb 2008	Floresville City Cemetery, Floresville, Wilson, Texas, USA   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I28719	Dyal and Speckels
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2010

  
  

  Family	Edna Annie BOENING,   b. 4 Apr 1919, Texas, USA d. 17 May 2008, Floresville, Wilson, Texas, USA (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	1 Nov 1938	San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA   [3, 6]
  	in St. John’s Lutheran Church
  Children	+ 1. Living
  Family ID	F19686	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2010

  
  

• Headstones

  Guenther, Walter Fred and Edna Boening

  
  

• Notes

  Walter was baptized and confirmed in the St. John’s Lutheran Church in Poth. He became a member of the First Lutheran Church of Floresville when he married his wife Edna. He worked as a carpenter for 25 years, and was a member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America for 50 years. He enjoyed his job and was never without a story to tell; however, there were a few local construction projects that made his chest swell with pride when he spoke of them: being on the construction crew that helped build the Institute of Texan Cultures and the Tower of the Americas for HemisFair in 1968. He held many interests, including hunting and fishing. In 1947, he came close to death while fishing in Copano Bay at Rockport with his father-in-law, Charley Boening, and cousin Otto Pundt. The small fishing boat they were riding in capsized. After struggling with the rough sea water, their prayers were answered when a 16-year-old Houston boy rescued them. Walter took great pride in his garden, tending the small herd of cattle near his home at Camp Ranch, and the upkeep of his vehicles. He valued religion, work ethic, and his family. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S129] Wednesday, February 27, 2008. [S82] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011), Number: 456-14-8566; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: Before 1951. [S77] conducted by Robert C. Barritt, Headstone survey, 19 Jun 2010. [S15] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930, Wilson County, Texas, ED 3, p. 6A, line 5. [S14] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920, Wilson County, Texas, ED 193, p. 9A, line 46. [S129] Tuesday, May 27, 2008.