Walter H. Wentworth
Walter H. Wentworth, 80, of Newton,
formerly of Peabody, retired school custodian, died Monday (Dec. 7,
1998) at Kansas Christian Home in Newton.
He was born May 22, 1918, in Augusta to
Verne Leo and Jennie (McVicker) Wentworth. He married Beatrice Allen
June 19, 1940, in Council Grove. She survives of Newton.
He worked for Wentworth Drilling until
1942 and for Boeing until 1952. He started working as custodian for
the Peabody Public Schools and continued in that position until
retirement in 1981. He enjoyed rock and coin collecting and
woodworking. He and his wife moved to Newton in 1990.
Other survivors include: one daughter,
Shirley Herbison of Newton; two grandchildren; and six
great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one brother, Samuel
Verne Wentworth; and one sister, Eva Ethel Wentworth.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m.
Friday at Baker Funeral Home in Peabody with the Rev. Charles
Kaufmann officiating. Burial will be in the Prairie Lawn Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorials have been established with
American Lung Association in care of the funeral home.
