San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Pruss, Walter F. January 17 2005 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/obits/obitsca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Davis-Holman Cis1052@aol.com January 23, 2005, 2:51 pm The Record January 20, 2005 Lodi Walter F. Pruss January 2, 1916 - January 17, 2005 Walter F. Pruss, age 89 of Lodi, CA, passed away Monday, January 17, 2005 in a Lodi Hospital. He was born on January 2, 1916 in Bridgeport, CT. He was a graduate of Bridgeport High School and the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, AK. He served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II and then in the Korean Conflict and was discharged as a Major in 1963 after 17 years of service. He then settled in Lodi. In the past, he was a member of the San Joaquin County Grand Jury, the Lodi SIRS, a charter member of the City of Lodi Police Department Partners, and the Lodi Historical Society. He enjoyed gardening and traveling. Walter is survived by his wife of 25 years, Janet Pruss of Lodi and his son, James Walter Pruss of Lodi. He was preceded in death by his first wife Elma B. Pruss on June 19, 1978 and one sister. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, January 25 at 10:00 a.m. in the Evergreen Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Park, Hwy 99 and Harney Lane in Lodi. Chaplain Bill Sherrill of the Lodi Police Department will officiate. Inurnment will be private. A Family Memorial Registry may be signed at Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home, 831 Industrial Way near Beckman Road in Lodi on Monday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/sanjoaquin/obits/gob4907pruss.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/caobfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb