More detail on this person: KERRVILLE -
Retired Army Lt. Col. Walter H. Huth - beloved
husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend -
was called home to be with our Lord, Nov. 12,
2011. This information was last updated 05/18/2016
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Walt was born to Walter F. and Henrietta (Mueller)
Huth on Aug. 29, 1931, in Karnes County, Texas.
After college he joined the U.S. Army. During his
20-year career, he served with the 11th and 82nd
Airborne, Military Intelligence, and Army
Aviation. He was a decorated veteran of Korea and
Vietnam. While on temporary duty with the CIA, in
1956, he met Donna Grace Bowbeer of Arlington,
Va. They married Dec. 8, 1956, and had three
daughters.
Walt had COPD for years and had been on oxygen
for 8 of them. Diagnosed with lung cancer
December 2010 and took chemo all Spring to no
avail. On Hospice from June until November 2011.
From: Donna G. Huth