Biographies and Obituaries
In loving memory
Walter J. Fields
Washington Times-Herald
Monday, 13 Nov 1989
Walter J. Fields, 81, Route 2, Troy Road, died at the Daviess County
Hospital at 8: 25 p.m. Saturday. He had been ill since March of this
year. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary's Church with
the Rev. Bernard Lutz officiating. Interment will be in St. John's Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Ed Lee Mortuary after 3 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral
home. He was born September 21, 1908 in Daviess County to Louis G. and
Portia Sloan Fields. His first marriage was to Frances Churchill. He
married Ethelyn Peachee and she survives. He bought the White Steamer
October 1, 1938 and sold it in 1973. He was a member of St. Mary's Church
and was educated in Daviess County Schools. Surviving are his wife and
two sons, W. James Fields, Newtown, Connecticut, Richard M. Fields, San
Antonio, Texas, one stepson, Don Thurston, Indianapolis, four grandchildren,
two step grandsons, two step great grandsons, and one sister, Lottie
Davidson, Salt Lake City, Utah. One sister is deceased.
(November 11, 1989)
Contributed by: Sandra Hedrick Allen