ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: SCHLESSMAN, WALTER 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: Honaker Funeral Home, Slidell, La.

Died Wednesday, March 6, 2013

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SCHLESSMAN, WALTER 
March 2, 1919  -  March 6, 2013

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WALTER SCHLESSMAN, passed away peacefully Wednesday night, March 6, 2013, at 
the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Libby and Michael Bentson. 

Born March 2, 1919, in Pittsburgh, PA, schooled at the University of 
Pittsburgh, he entered the Army Air Corps in 1941 as a Cadet, then later a 
bombardier in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He met the love of his 
life Marian Cotton while stationed in Casper, Wyoming, and they married January 
23, 1944. Walt stayed in the Air Force Reserves after the war, retiring as a 
Major in 1979. 
He and Marian purchased the Grant Street Grocery in Casper, Wyoming, in 1946, 
where he was owner/butcher until selling in 1980 when they moved to 
Diamondhead, Mississippi.

An avid golfer, Walter was president of many golfing associations and winner of 
several club championships. He was active in Lions Club, representing the 
Casper Club in China in 1975, in The Shrine, and in the Episcopal Church 
Vestry. He and Marian were avid duplicate bridge players and he was the third 
life master in Wyoming.

He was preceded in death by his parents Walter Ephriam Schlessman Sr. and Clara 
Fink Schlessman. 

He is survived by his son and daughter and their spouses, Alan Cotton 
Schlessman and Terri Gallmeier, Libby and Michael Bentson, four grandchildren, 
Adam and Adrien Schless-Meier, Jennifer Hubert and her husband Mike, Dennis 
Bentson and his wife Kelly, and four great-grandchildren: Zachary, Elena, 
Adeline, and Kieran.

Memorial Services will be held on Palm Sunday, March 24, 2013, at 12:00 noon, 
at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 5303 Diamondhead Circle, Diamondhead, MS.

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