Walter Robert Adolf Niederloh was born August 27, 1902, at Minneapolis, son of Frederick Niederloh and Elfrieda Krommack. He died February 23, 1952, at Sacred Heart Hospital, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, aged 49 years, 5 months and 26 days, and was buried in Lake View Cemetery, Chetek, Wisconsin.

On May 28, 1927, Walter was united in marriage to, Myrtle Ruth Kobliska at Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was born April, 20, 1904, at Chetek, Barron County, Wisconsin, daughter of Joseph Louis Kobliska and Mary Eliza Dean. She died there November 10, 1987 at the Knapp Raven Rest Home aged 83 years, 6 months and 20 days, and was buried nest to the remains of her husband in Lake View Cemetery, Chetek, Wiscoonsin. Their two children, both born in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, were:

Janet Merle born 29 Dec 1936
James Walter 23 Feb 1939

After their marriage Walter and Myrtle moved to Chicago, Illinois, where she was employed as a stenographer by the Street Car Company. To obtain the job she had to pretend that she was single as the company policy was to hire only unmarried women. It was their dream to own their own business and they eventually achieved this when they purchased a small grocery store in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, where their two children were born. In about 1940/41, they purchased the Red and White Store in Chetek, Wisconsin, which they operated until Myrtle sold the store and went to work for the Indianhead State Bank, in Chetek. Both Myrtle and Walter are buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Chetek, Barron County, Wisconsin.

Obituary

Walter R. Niederloh was born in Minneapolis, Minn., August 27, 1902, the son of Elfrieda and Fred Niederloh, was baptized, confirmed and married from the Emanuel Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. He graduated from Emanuel Lutheran Parochial School and Dunwoody High School of Minneapolis.

In 1927 he moved to Chicago, Ill., and in 1933 entered the grocery business in Black River Falls, Wis. In 1940 he moved to Chetek, Wis., where he operated the Red & White Store and where he lived until his death on February 23, 1952, at the age of 49 years.

He was a member of Chetek Lutheran Church, serving as trustee four years, taught Sunday School and served as Secretary of the Sunday School, was City Health Officer, a member of the Chetek Fire Department, and the Civil Defense Board, and was an active member of the local Masonic and I. O. O. F. lodges.

He was married May 28, 1927, to Myrtle Kobliska in Minneapolis, Minn., and two children were born to this union. Mr. Niederloh is survived by his wife Myrtle; two children, Janet Merle and James Walter; his mother, Mrs. Elfrieda Niederloh of Minneapolis, Minn.; three sisters, Mrs. Albert Zarnkey and Mrs. Joseph Hegquist, both of Minneapolis, and Mrs. Elmer Brolin of Burbank, Calif.; and two brothers, Edmund of Sacramento, Calif., and Albert of Minneapolis. His father and one brother preceded him in death.

Funeral services were held at the Niederloh home and at Chetek Lutheran Church, Wednesday afternoon, February 27th, with Rev. Husby officiating. Graveside services were conducted by members of the Chetek Masonic Lodge, at Lake View Cemetery, where interment was made. Pallbearers were M. E. Stanley, Burl Banks, Harry Kaub, J. W. Mouchka, Glen Flynn and Roy Sykes.

Those attending from away were Mrs. Elfrieda Niederloh, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Niederloh, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Hegquist, Albert Zarnke, Mrs. Chas. Bauman, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Niederloh, Donald Hegquist, Mrs. Jos. Meyers, Mrs. R. C. Dumas, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Niederloh, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Goodrie, Mr. and Mrs. George Whipple, all of Minneapolis; Mrs. Elmer Brolin of Burbank, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Leistico of Menomonie, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kobliska of Weyerhauser; Mrs. Rose Kobliska and Jim Kobliska of Rice Lake; W. McKinney of St. Paul; and Mr. and Mrs. Zeman of Black River Falls. [Unknown date, Chetek Alert, Chetek, Wisconsin.]

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WRITES A TRIBUTE
TO WALTER NIEDERLOH

Allen Sinsheimer, editor of the National Clothier of Chicago, who has a summer home in Chetek, has written a tribute to Walter Niederloh, as follows:
"Good Bye" Walt Niederloh
A man passed away a few weeks ago in Chetek.
I had not known him well . . . had seen him as the Master of his Masonic Lodge, as the Health Officer of Chetek, as the proprietor of a grocery and meat market. I did not know him socially.
He had been ill for a few of the ten years of our acquaintance . . . seriously ill . . . operations left their marks.
Yet . . . though I had not spoken to this man more than the passing remarks of the casual acquaintance . . . though we had never been in each other's homes . . . though not more than a few words passed between us from time to time . . . I shall miss him and the city of Chetek will not seem the same to me with his passing.
And sitting, thinking how strange this is . . . missing a man who was almost a stranger . . . thinking sorrowfully and sadly of his absence . . . comes the thought that here perhaps is the greatest thing in life . . . the most valued of all treasures . . . the true and complete proof that a man has not lived in vain . . . for what more can be said of any man than that he is missed by those who knew him even slightly?
What better proof that this was a friendly man . . . a cheerful man . . . a decent, honorable man?
Someone said that he lives long who lives well. I know little of how this man lived save for what I saw of him . . . but to me he lived well . . . never without a cheerful smile despite his illness . . . never without a friendly word despite his troubles . . . never too hurried to pause for friendly greeting, his passing away leaves him missed, marks a sad absence . . . and grants to him that greatest legacy that comes when other say "I miss him".
Good-bye Walt Niederloh . . . a friendly man. [Unknown date, Chetek Alert, Chetek, Wisconsin.]