Walter Henry Sheaffer
TEXAS CITY — Walter Henry Sheaffer died on May 7, 2005, in Kingwood, Texas. Walt was born on October 16, 1916, in Manvel, Texas, where his parents had moved from Adel, Iowa. He had two older brothers and an older sister. The family moved from the Houston area to the Rio Grande Valley in the 1920’s and opened a combination grocery store and service station. Walt attended high school in the Valley, where he met Janie May Duncan. He and Janie were married after they went to the University of Texas at Austin, where Walt received a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering. After graduation in 1939, Walt took a job as a roughneck in southern Louisiana, where his first child, Cindy, was born in 1940. His second child, Steve, was born in 1942 in Houston, Texas. In 1947, the family moved to Texas City, Texas, where Walt replaced an engineer at the Republic Oil Company refinery, who had died in the Texas City explosion. Walt worked at this facility in a series of increasingly responsible positions until he retired in 1981.
He became a member of the Masonic Lodge as a young man and remained an active member for over sixty years. A devout Christian, he moved from the Baptist Church to the Methodist Church when he married Janie. He was a lifelong member of the First United Methodist Church in Texas City, where he was a recognized leader for nearly sixty years. Janie died in 1948. In 1949, Walt married a young widow, Louise Milkovisch Kachtick, who had two children, Jim and Barbara. Walt and Louise were married for fifty-three years until Louise’s death in 2003.
After his family, Walt’s great love was the town of Texas City, where he was an active citizen throughout his life. As a member of the Lion’s Club, he served two terms as president, and helped create and maintain the Lion’s Crippled Children’s camp in Kerrville, Texas. During his years in Texas City, Walt collected eyeglasses for the Lion’s Club and was honored for his service by being named Lion of the Year. Later, he was named Texas City’s Citizen of the Year. He helped create the Golden Division of the Texas City Chamber of Commerce. On their fiftieth wedding anniversary, the Mayor of Texas City declared that day to be Walt and Louise Sheaffer Day in the city.
Walt was a member of the Galveston Bay Foundation, the Texas City Industry’s Citizens Advisory Panel, the Citizens Advisory Committee for the MOTCO Superfund Site, the Houston-Galveston Area Council’s Regional Transportation Committee, Galveston County Memorial Hospital’s ad hoc Audit Committee and the Texas City Zoning Commission. He belonged to the Texas Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
Walt is survived by his older sister, Ruth Muzzy; his children, James Walter Kachtick, Cynthia Jayne Durbin, Barbara Louise Garcia, and Steven Walter Sheaffer; nine grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.
A memorial service in celebration of Walt’s life will be held at 11 a.m. on May 27, 2005, at the First United Methodist Church of Texas City. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Texas Lion’s Camp, P.O. Box 290247, Kerrville, Texas.
Emken-Linton Funeral Home
Published May 15, 2005
Galveston Daily News
TEXAS CITY — Walter Henry Sheaffer died on May 7, 2005, in Kingwood, Texas. Walt was born on October 16, 1916, in Manvel, Texas, where his parents had moved from Adel, Iowa. He had two older brothers and an older sister. The family moved from the Houston area to the Rio Grande Valley in the 1920’s and opened a combination grocery store and service station. Walt attended high school in the Valley, where he met Janie May Duncan. He and Janie were married after they went to the University of Texas at Austin, where Walt received a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering. After graduation in 1939, Walt took a job as a roughneck in southern Louisiana, where his first child, Cindy, was born in 1940. His second child, Steve, was born in 1942 in Houston, Texas. In 1947, the family moved to Texas City, Texas, where Walt replaced an engineer at the Republic Oil Company refinery, who had died in the Texas City explosion. Walt worked at this facility in a series of increasingly responsible positions until he retired in 1981.
He became a member of the Masonic Lodge as a young man and remained an active member for over sixty years. A devout Christian, he moved from the Baptist Church to the Methodist Church when he married Janie. He was a lifelong member of the First United Methodist Church in Texas City, where he was a recognized leader for nearly sixty years. Janie died in 1948. In 1949, Walt married a young widow, Louise Milkovisch Kachtick, who had two children, Jim and Barbara. Walt and Louise were married for fifty-three years until Louise’s death in 2003.
After his family, Walt’s great love was the town of Texas City, where he was an active citizen throughout his life. As a member of the Lion’s Club, he served two terms as president, and helped create and maintain the Lion’s Crippled Children’s camp in Kerrville, Texas. During his years in Texas City, Walt collected eyeglasses for the Lion’s Club and was honored for his service by being named Lion of the Year. Later, he was named Texas City’s Citizen of the Year. He helped create the Golden Division of the Texas City Chamber of Commerce. On their fiftieth wedding anniversary, the Mayor of Texas City declared that day to be Walt and Louise Sheaffer Day in the city.
Walt was a member of the Galveston Bay Foundation, the Texas City Industry’s Citizens Advisory Panel, the Citizens Advisory Committee for the MOTCO Superfund Site, the Houston-Galveston Area Council’s Regional Transportation Committee, Galveston County Memorial Hospital’s ad hoc Audit Committee and the Texas City Zoning Commission. He belonged to the Texas Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
Walt is survived by his older sister, Ruth Muzzy; his children, James Walter Kachtick, Cynthia Jayne Durbin, Barbara Louise Garcia, and Steven Walter Sheaffer; nine grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.
A memorial service in celebration of Walt’s life will be held at 11 a.m. on May 27, 2005, at the First United Methodist Church of Texas City. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Texas Lion’s Camp, P.O. Box 290247, Kerrville, Texas.
Emken-Linton Funeral Home
Published May 15, 2005
Galveston Daily News
Walter Henry Sheaffer
TEXAS CITY — Walter Henry Sheaffer died on May 7, 2005, in Kingwood, Texas. Walt was born on October 16, 1916, in Manvel, Texas, where his parents had moved from Adel, Iowa. He had two older brothers and an older sister. The family moved from the Houston area to the Rio Grande Valley in the 1920’s and opened a combination grocery store and service station. Walt attended high school in the Valley, where he met Janie May Duncan. He and Janie were married after they went to the University of Texas at Austin, where Walt received a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering. After graduation in 1939, Walt took a job as a roughneck in southern Louisiana, where his first child, Cindy, was born in 1940. His second child, Steve, was born in 1942 in Houston, Texas. In 1947, the family moved to Texas City, Texas, where Walt replaced an engineer at the Republic Oil Company refinery, who had died in the Texas City explosion. Walt worked at this facility in a series of increasingly responsible positions until he retired in 1981.
He became a member of the Masonic Lodge as a young man and remained an active member for over sixty years. A devout Christian, he moved from the Baptist Church to the Methodist Church when he married Janie. He was a lifelong member of the First United Methodist Church in Texas City, where he was a recognized leader for nearly sixty years. Janie died in 1948. In 1949, Walt married a young widow, Louise Milkovisch Kachtick, who had two children, Jim and Barbara. Walt and Louise were married for fifty-three years until Louise’s death in 2003.
After his family, Walt’s great love was the town of Texas City, where he was an active citizen throughout his life. As a member of the Lion’s Club, he served two terms as president, and helped create and maintain the Lion’s Crippled Children’s camp in Kerrville, Texas. During his years in Texas City, Walt collected eyeglasses for the Lion’s Club and was honored for his service by being named Lion of the Year. Later, he was named Texas City’s Citizen of the Year. He helped create the Golden Division of the Texas City Chamber of Commerce. On their fiftieth wedding anniversary, the Mayor of Texas City declared that day to be Walt and Louise Sheaffer Day in the city.
Walt was a member of the Galveston Bay Foundation, the Texas City Industry’s Citizens Advisory Panel, the Citizens Advisory Committee for the MOTCO Superfund Site, the Houston-Galveston Area Council’s Regional Transportation Committee, Galveston County Memorial Hospital’s ad hoc Audit Committee and the Texas City Zoning Commission. He belonged to the Texas Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
Walt is survived by his older sister, Ruth Muzzy; his children, James Walter Kachtick, Cynthia Jayne Durbin, Barbara Louise Garcia, and Steven Walter Sheaffer; nine grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.
A memorial service in celebration of Walt’s life will be held at 11 a.m. on May 27, 2005, at the First United Methodist Church of Texas City. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Texas Lion’s Camp, P.O. Box 290247, Kerrville, Texas.
Emken-Linton Funeral Home
Published May 15, 2005
Galveston Daily News
TEXAS CITY — Walter Henry Sheaffer died on May 7, 2005, in Kingwood, Texas. Walt was born on October 16, 1916, in Manvel, Texas, where his parents had moved from Adel, Iowa. He had two older brothers and an older sister. The family moved from the Houston area to the Rio Grande Valley in the 1920’s and opened a combination grocery store and service station. Walt attended high school in the Valley, where he met Janie May Duncan. He and Janie were married after they went to the University of Texas at Austin, where Walt received a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering. After graduation in 1939, Walt took a job as a roughneck in southern Louisiana, where his first child, Cindy, was born in 1940. His second child, Steve, was born in 1942 in Houston, Texas. In 1947, the family moved to Texas City, Texas, where Walt replaced an engineer at the Republic Oil Company refinery, who had died in the Texas City explosion. Walt worked at this facility in a series of increasingly responsible positions until he retired in 1981.
He became a member of the Masonic Lodge as a young man and remained an active member for over sixty years. A devout Christian, he moved from the Baptist Church to the Methodist Church when he married Janie. He was a lifelong member of the First United Methodist Church in Texas City, where he was a recognized leader for nearly sixty years. Janie died in 1948. In 1949, Walt married a young widow, Louise Milkovisch Kachtick, who had two children, Jim and Barbara. Walt and Louise were married for fifty-three years until Louise’s death in 2003.
After his family, Walt’s great love was the town of Texas City, where he was an active citizen throughout his life. As a member of the Lion’s Club, he served two terms as president, and helped create and maintain the Lion’s Crippled Children’s camp in Kerrville, Texas. During his years in Texas City, Walt collected eyeglasses for the Lion’s Club and was honored for his service by being named Lion of the Year. Later, he was named Texas City’s Citizen of the Year. He helped create the Golden Division of the Texas City Chamber of Commerce. On their fiftieth wedding anniversary, the Mayor of Texas City declared that day to be Walt and Louise Sheaffer Day in the city.
Walt was a member of the Galveston Bay Foundation, the Texas City Industry’s Citizens Advisory Panel, the Citizens Advisory Committee for the MOTCO Superfund Site, the Houston-Galveston Area Council’s Regional Transportation Committee, Galveston County Memorial Hospital’s ad hoc Audit Committee and the Texas City Zoning Commission. He belonged to the Texas Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
Walt is survived by his older sister, Ruth Muzzy; his children, James Walter Kachtick, Cynthia Jayne Durbin, Barbara Louise Garcia, and Steven Walter Sheaffer; nine grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.
A memorial service in celebration of Walt’s life will be held at 11 a.m. on May 27, 2005, at the First United Methodist Church of Texas City. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Texas Lion’s Camp, P.O. Box 290247, Kerrville, Texas.
Emken-Linton Funeral Home
Published May 15, 2005
Galveston Daily News
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