Walter E. Pofahl, 32, funeral will be held Saturday with burial in New Lutheran cemetery. He died 5:15 p.m. Tuesday in Norfolk. He was born September 14, 1923 at Plainview to Mr. and Mrs. Emil Pofahl. He was the youngest of 9 children. "When he was 11 he was admitted to the Orthopedic Hospital at Lincoln, where he was a patient most of the next 7 years." He was married in 1946 to Miss Shirley McLaughlin. They had 2 daughters and 1 son. He was survived by his 3 children, his mother Mrs. Ida Pofahl at Norfolk, 3 sisters: Hazel, Mrs. Walter Oaks both at Washington, D.C.; Hilda at Clifton, Ohio; 4 brothers: Lloyd at Deweese, Ralph at Moose Jaw, Canada; Arthur at Red Cloud; Cletus** at Norfolk. He was preceded in death by his father in 1939, 1 brother Harold in World War II. Source: quote and extracted from "The Norfolk Daily News", Wednesday, July 14, 1954 on page 13; Thursday, July 15, 1954 on page 13; Monday, July 19, 1954 on page 11.
** Note that in the first article it was listed as Cletus while in the last article it was shown as Venus. Also in the last article the surviving sisters were shown as Miss Hazel, Mrs. Walter Oakes, Mrs. James Proctor.
** Note that in the first article it was listed as Cletus while in the last article it was shown as Venus. Also in the last article the surviving sisters were shown as Miss Hazel, Mrs. Walter Oakes, Mrs. James Proctor.
Walter E. Pofahl, 32, funeral will be held Saturday with burial in New Lutheran cemetery. He died 5:15 p.m. Tuesday in Norfolk. He was born September 14, 1923 at Plainview to Mr. and Mrs. Emil Pofahl. He was the youngest of 9 children. "When he was 11 he was admitted to the Orthopedic Hospital at Lincoln, where he was a patient most of the next 7 years." He was married in 1946 to Miss Shirley McLaughlin. They had 2 daughters and 1 son. He was survived by his 3 children, his mother Mrs. Ida Pofahl at Norfolk, 3 sisters: Hazel, Mrs. Walter Oaks both at Washington, D.C.; Hilda at Clifton, Ohio; 4 brothers: Lloyd at Deweese, Ralph at Moose Jaw, Canada; Arthur at Red Cloud; Cletus** at Norfolk. He was preceded in death by his father in 1939, 1 brother Harold in World War II. Source: quote and extracted from "The Norfolk Daily News", Wednesday, July 14, 1954 on page 13; Thursday, July 15, 1954 on page 13; Monday, July 19, 1954 on page 11.
** Note that in the first article it was listed as Cletus while in the last article it was shown as Venus. Also in the last article the surviving sisters were shown as Miss Hazel, Mrs. Walter Oakes, Mrs. James Proctor.
** Note that in the first article it was listed as Cletus while in the last article it was shown as Venus. Also in the last article the surviving sisters were shown as Miss Hazel, Mrs. Walter Oakes, Mrs. James Proctor.
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