Walter Bohnstengel, son of Gottfried and Beate (Feige) Bohnstengel. He served in WWI as a Private in the Army 34th Division, 109th Mobile Ordinance Repair Shop (MORS), at Is-Sur-Tille, France. He is a graduate of the University of Kansas with a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
He worked at the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad (AT&SF in Topeka, KS. In conjunction with KU, he wrote several publications on types of Kansas fuels and railroad engines. In his pastime, he studied long-range weather forecasting. He published several articles, including one on the Solar System and Solar Energy.
He was a very generous person, leaving a majority of his estate to the University of Kansas Endowment Fund. HIs remaining property went to help support friends and relatives, including his stepmother Ida (Zimmerman) Bohnstengel's family, who were still in Germany. Walter died at a hospital in Topeka, KS at the age of 67.
He worked at the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad (AT&SF in Topeka, KS. In conjunction with KU, he wrote several publications on types of Kansas fuels and railroad engines. In his pastime, he studied long-range weather forecasting. He published several articles, including one on the Solar System and Solar Energy.
He was a very generous person, leaving a majority of his estate to the University of Kansas Endowment Fund. HIs remaining property went to help support friends and relatives, including his stepmother Ida (Zimmerman) Bohnstengel's family, who were still in Germany. Walter died at a hospital in Topeka, KS at the age of 67.
Walter Bohnstengel, son of Gottfried and Beate (Feige) Bohnstengel. He served in WWI as a Private in the Army 34th Division, 109th Mobile Ordinance Repair Shop (MORS), at Is-Sur-Tille, France. He is a graduate of the University of Kansas with a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
He worked at the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad (AT&SF in Topeka, KS. In conjunction with KU, he wrote several publications on types of Kansas fuels and railroad engines. In his pastime, he studied long-range weather forecasting. He published several articles, including one on the Solar System and Solar Energy.
He was a very generous person, leaving a majority of his estate to the University of Kansas Endowment Fund. HIs remaining property went to help support friends and relatives, including his stepmother Ida (Zimmerman) Bohnstengel's family, who were still in Germany. Walter died at a hospital in Topeka, KS at the age of 67.
He worked at the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad (AT&SF in Topeka, KS. In conjunction with KU, he wrote several publications on types of Kansas fuels and railroad engines. In his pastime, he studied long-range weather forecasting. He published several articles, including one on the Solar System and Solar Energy.
He was a very generous person, leaving a majority of his estate to the University of Kansas Endowment Fund. HIs remaining property went to help support friends and relatives, including his stepmother Ida (Zimmerman) Bohnstengel's family, who were still in Germany. Walter died at a hospital in Topeka, KS at the age of 67.
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