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- [S24] 1920 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com).
Name: Walter Neuharth
Home in 1920: Odessa, McPherson, South Dakota
Age: 2 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1918
Birthplace: South Dakota
Relation to Head-of-house: Son
Father's Name: Daniel J
Father's Birth Place: South Dakota
Mother's Name: Christina
Mother's Birth Place: South Dakota
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Sex: Male
Image: 394
- [S25] 1930 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com).
Name: Walter D Neuharth
Home in 1930: Eureka, McPherson, South Dakota
Age: 12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1918
Relation to Head-of-house: Son
Parent's Name: Christina
Race: White
- [S927] Obituary.
Walter Neuharth, 91, formerly of Wessington Springs, SD and originally from Eureka, SD, died Friday, January 16, 2009 at Bixby Knolls Towers Rehab Center in Long Beach.
Funeral Services are 1:00 PM Friday, January 23rd at Bayshore Community Church in Long Beach, CA.
Interment services will be this spring at the Eureka Cemetery.
Walter Daniel Neuharth, son of Christina (Neuharth) and Daniel J. Neuharth, was born October 19, 1917 at Eureka. He married Irene Wahl of Alpena, SD on August 18, 1940. Walter was in the US Army Air Corps, 88th Troop Carrier Squadron, (438th Troop Carrier Group) serving in England and France during WW II. Following his honorable discharge, they lived in Wessington Springs from 1946-1953 where Walter owned a successful retail store, Neuharth?s Menswear. Irene, a nurse, helped organize a 20 bed hospital in Wessington Springs. The Neuharth?s moved to Long Beach in 1953 where Walter was employed with the Long Beach Unified School District. He retired in February 1981. He and Irene traveled all over the world. Walter was a member of the El Bekal Temple Shriners for many years.
Mr. Neuharth is survived by his brother Al Neuharth of Cocoa Beach, FL; son Loren Neuharth of Albuquerque, NM; grandson, John Neuharth; granddaughter, Julie Buehler; Step grandchildren Katie Shectman and John Benz; great granddaughter, Claire O?Hearn; and step great grandsons, Oliver and Russell Shectman.
Family members preceding Walter in death include his father on January 14, 1926, his mother on November 23, 1979, and his wife on May 30, 2008.
The Neuharth family prefers memorials to Long Beach Memorial Hospice Program, 2801 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach, CA 90806.
Lien-Straub Funeral Chapel, Eureka, is in charge of local arrangements.
- [S558] South Dakota Marriages, 1905-1949.
Name: Daniel J Neuharth
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Spouse: Christina Neuharth
Marriage Date: 11 Jan 1916
Marriage County: Beader
County of Residence: McPherson
Post Office: Eureka
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