Nicholas J. Walter Jr.

Nicholas J.  Walter Jr. of St. Cloud and formerly of Clements, 77, died on Monday, August 29, 2016.

A Funeral Mass was held at 9 a.m. Friday, September 2, at St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church in St. Cloud with Father Stephen Reid Celebrant.  Burial was in the St. Joseph’s Parish Cemetery, Waite Park.  

Nicholas was born on September 16, 1938, at Clements, Redwood County, Minnesota, the son of Nicholas J. and Cecilia A. (Guetter) Walter, Sr.  He grew up in the Clements area and attended Morgan High School where he graduated with the class of 1956.  He was united in marriage to Joan A. Hauser on June 4, 1963, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye.  Their marriage was blessed with six children.   Mr. and Mrs. Walter lived most of their married life on a farm east of Clements where they raised their family.  Nick owned and operated his own construction company with Joan for most of his adult life.  For health reasons, he moved to St. Cloud two years ago. 

The Catholic faith was very important to Nick and Joan, and they also enjoyed their time in the outdoors and polka dancing. Through his illness, Nick defied the doctor’s odds many times and fought the good fight in a very honorable way.

In addition to his parents, Nick was preceded in death by his wife Joan on August 2, 2001.

He is survived by: his six children, Marie (Gary) Vogt, Chris (Dan) Walter, Nicholas Walter, III, Amy (Mike) Schultz, Daniel (Kris) Walter, and Larry (Diane) Walter; 13 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Leonard (Alice) Walter, Andrew (Sharon) Walter, and Mike Walter; two sisters, Dorothy (Jerome) Huiras, and Arlene Walter; other relatives and many friends.

Daniel Funeral Home in St. Cloud assisted the family with arrangements.