PRITCHARD, Walter C. - Putnam

Source: Dixon Illinois Evening Telegraph Monday 14 Jan 1963 p 4

Walter C. Pritchard, 69, 815 Chicago died Sunday morning in KSB Hospital.  He was born April 16, 1893 at Greencastle, Ind, the son of Abraham and Jennie Applegate Pritchard.  He was married to Josephine Jensen Jan 9, 1915 at Mount Vernon. They moved to Dixon in 1931 where he was employed as a carpenter with the Lindquist Construction Co. He was a member of the First Methodist Church and the Carpenters Local 790. Survivors include his wife; a son, Lyle W, Dixon; three daughters, Mrs. Roy (Juanita) Baumann, Chicago; Mrs. Warren (Bernice) Needham, Dixon and Mrs. Neil (Lorraine) Potts, Minneapolis, Minn; three sisters, Mrs. Tinnie French, Centralia; Mrs. John (Floy) Josif, St. Petersburg, Fla and Mrs. James (Bernice) Brandon, East St. Louis; 7 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Allen Funeral Home with Rev. Harold Dude, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood cemetery. Friends may call after noon today in the funeral home. - kbz