Walter was born in 1931. Walter was the child of Johann Weitzel and Catherine Strackbein. Walter passed away in 2008.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSKT-VYG : accessed 7 December 2016), Walter Weitzel in household of Henry Weitzel, Wells, Wells Village, Faribault, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 22-31A, sheet 2A, line 11, family 18, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1920.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JGPX-TY7 : 20 May 2014), Walter Weitzel, 21 Sep 2008; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
Mother's obituary names him: "United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVS3-J7Z5 : 31 July 2014), Walter Weitzel in entry for Katherine Elizabeth Strackbein Weitzel, Jan 1946; citing Obituary, in ""; American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln.
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