Elkhart County IN Archives Obituaries.....Walters, Warren J November 27, 1947
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Nappanee Advance-News 4 Dec 1947
WARREN J. WALTERS DIES SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME THANKSGIVING DAY - Warren J. 
(Pete) Walters died at his home about 11:30 o'clock on Thanksgiving day, of a 
heart attack.  Several weeks ago he was taken ill and had been under the 
treatment of a doctor but his condition had not been considered serous.   Mrs. 
Walters found him laying on the floor unconscious and he failed to rally.  He 
had been down town the day before and left his place of business after 
midnight Thanksgiving morning.  Pete, as he was so well known to his many 
friends, operated the Walters Recreation.  He began operating the bowling 
alleys in 1923 on West Market street, later moved the alleys to the Reid 
building on North Main street.  He then purchased the Grey Goose garage on 
East Lincoln street and remodeled this building into one of the finest 
recreation spots in northern Indiana.  Mr. Walters was a member of the R. A. 
M. and F & A.M. of Nappanee.  Mr. Walters was born July 3, 1897 a son of Jacob 
S. and Etta Burkholder Walters in Nappanee.  On Dec. 25, 1923, he was united 
in marriage to Chloe Stillson, who survives, along with three daughters, Mrs. 
Harry Tobias, of Persall, Texas, Mary Helen and Freida, at home.  Two 
brothers, William J. of Nappanee and Charles R., of Mt. Clemens, Mich, three 
sisters, Mrs. Maude Stump, Nappanee; Mrs. Clare Grise, Chicago and Mrs. 
Florence Schoenfeld, Mishawaka, and one granddaughter also survives.  Funeral 
services were held Sunday afternoon at the Wright Funeral Home, Rev. J. Milton 
Bowman of the First Brethren church officiating and burial was in the Bremen 
cemetery, under the direction of Wright & Son.

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