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Where the Rivers Run Wild
Marvin Walters Hannah Mae Smith
Married 50 years August 23,1899-1949
Marvin Walters born July 11,1873 died Aug 14,1963 Married Hannah Mae Smith Aug 23,1899
Marvins place after the white house burned in th 40's

Hannah Mae Smith was born May 1,1881 and died July 11,1965
The house all the Walters children where raised in. It burned down before 1947.

The Marvin Walters family 1939
Mary Walters Learn first child born 15 Feb,1900 died Sept 3,1981 (M) Dale Learn 12 Oct 1920 born 15 March,1901(D) Jan 24,1996 . Had Jean and Betty

Isaac Dale Walters born April 8,1902 and died July 6,1996 married Nov. 21,1925 to Margaret Jean Bray born in Des Moines,Ia May 2,1900. She was a school teacher at Colesburg,Ia for 2 years. Children Richard,Darrell,John, Helen, Lois, James
3rd child Ina Bernice Walters born July 27,1904 and died 12 July 1991 married 4 Jan. 1936 at Osage,Iowa to William Kubicek born 30 Dec 1907 and died 24 July 2001 children Evelyn,Marla & Timothy
Theodore Walters born27 Feb 1907 died 20 April 1994 Married 5 March 1931 at Elkader to Bertha Bernice Amsden born 18 Jan 1913 died July 1987 . children Wilma June,Kay,Patricia, Dwight and Janet,
5th child Kenneth Lynn Walters born 31 Oct.1909 died 03 Oct. 1993 cancer. died in Texas as he had gone for treatment. married 17 Oct 1936 to Leona Adams in Chicago,IL. born 12 Sept 1915 died 22 July 2004 children Ronald,Sandra,Carol,Steven Sharon. Twin girls in 1942 buried at Colesburg.

5th child Kenneth Walters Senior picture

6th child Marvin Wayne Walters born 29 May 1912 died 14 June 1989 Married Feb 1 1939 at Garnavillo,Iowa to Bernice Schulte born 23 Dec. 1917 Died 06 Dec 1996
Parents of Forrest & Fara Wayne
7th children Layton A Walters born 10 Nov 1914 died 15 Dec 1998 married 22 Sept 1949 at Dyersville,Ia to Collen Hittemiller born 19 April 1922 children Cheryl,Jay, Randy
8th child Freda Mae Walters senior picture 1936
6th child Freda Mae Walters born 3 March 1917 died 2 March 2006 married 30 Aug 1940 to Juluis Wittman born 3 April 1914 died 6 Sept 1975 children Ann died when born ,Lynn, Thomas. second marriage to Donald Swanson May 1986
Majorie Gail Walters born 9 Jan 1919 died 13 Feb. 2006 Married 13 June 1940 to Darrell L Wallace born 17 June 1915 died 4 Jan 2006 Parents of Elizabeth Ann
Majorie second marriage to Samuel Peters 1958 at Marion,Iowa
Marjorie and daugther Elizabeth she died in 1995
April Joy Walters senior Picture 1941
10th child April Joy Walters born April 1,1921 died 14 Sept 2010 married 1 Sept 1943
at Colesburg,Iowa to Wallace Michael Finnegan born May 24.1920 died 13 Jan 2003 buried at City Cemetery Guttenberg,Iowa
April Walters Finnegan Taken after 2003
Taken at Christmas 2009 she died Sept 2010
11th child Gerald Eugene Walters born Oct 21,1923 Married Feb.23,1944 to
Lois Keck born Aug 22,1925 Picture taken Oct 17,2009
Marvin Walters Farm Gerald "BILL" Walters bought in 1963
Can compare the place better this way.