Scottsbluff Star Hearld Scottsbluff, NE 13 Mar 2007 HOLLAND, Mich. - Leo Walter, 79, formerly of Torrington, died Saturday, March 10, 2007, at the Holland Hospital in Holland, Mich. Funeral services for will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, March 16, at the Colyer Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Curtis Hill officiating. Burial will follow in the Valley View Cemetery. Visitation hours will be held on Thursday, March 15, at the Colyer Funeral Home from noon until 7 p.m.; and the casket will be open briefly following the service. In lieu of flowers the family would request that memorial donations be directed to the Alzheimer's Association c/o of Larry Walter at 491 Hunters Run Circle, Holland, MI 49423. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends are invited to send condolences to the family atwww.colyerfuneralhome.com or directly to the family at Larry's address listed above. Leo was born Walter Leo Walter March 25, 1927, in Lingle, Wyo., the son of Johann "Louis" and Katherine (Dinges) Walter. He grew up and attended school in Lingle and then served in the United States Army; returning to the Lingle area upon his discharge. He married Berdean Moore in Scottsbluff, Dec. 17, 1946. Leo then worked on farms in the Lingle, Wyo., area and then he was a truck driver for Hamilton-Mayflower Company in Torrington, Wyo. He returned to farming and ranching at Huntley and LaGrange, Wyo., and Harrison and Morrill, Neb., for a period of time. For the last 25 years, Leo worked with Hal Brethour at HLB Charolais at Torrington. When Leo became ill in the fall of 2006, he and his wife Berdean moved to Holland, Mich., in December of that year to be near their son, Larry. Leo enjoyed working on his family genealogy and he loved to polka. Survivors include his wife, Berdean; sons, Gary Walter of Battle Mountain, Nev., and Larry Walter and his wife Rachelle of Holland, Mich.; sisters, Ruth Goering and her husband Dale of Torrington, Lorraine Rimmer of Rupert, Idaho, Mary Whomble of Sparks, Nev., Dorothy Rimmer of Douglas, Wyo., and Beverlee Shaw and her husband Dale of El Paso, Texas; six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, and brother, David Walter.