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Birth:          24 Jan 1933 Osawatomie, Miami Co., Kans.
Death:          27 Mar 2004 Springfield, Mo.
Cause of Death: lymphoma
Burial:         31 Mar 2004 Springfield Nat'l Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.

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Josephine Lorraine Walter, 71, Ozark, passed from this life into the next, Saturday, 
March 27, 2004, at 7:07 p.m. in St. John's Hospital, Springfield, after a lengthy and 
courageous battle with lymphoma. Jo, as she liked to be called, was born in 
Osawatomie, Kansas, to Harold and Margaret Nash on January 24, 1933, in the front 
bedroom of their house. She was the younger sister of Ruth Nash Morrison and the 
older sister to Vance Nash. Jo was married to Wayne E. Walter, also of Osawatomie, 
in 1950. Together they had three children. Wayne worked for Skelly Oil Company after 
a four year service to our country with the United States Air Force. They moved 
several times around the country over the years with his job. They moved to Ozark, 
Missouri, in 1975, where he preceded her in death in 1982. She was also preceded in 
death by her parents and firstborn grandchild, Jaime Leigh Walter. She worked for 
over 22 years as an executive secretary, working for several Deans of the College of 
Business Administration at Southwest Missouri State University. After retiring in 1998, 
she was honored with a certificate of Emeritus. Jo had an unending passion for 
gardening, cooking, fishing and crocheting. She always thought of others before 
herself and countless family members and friends were the blessed recipients of her 
willingness to share her gardening, cooking and crocheting. She is survived by her 
son, David Walter and wife, Cathy, of Rockaway, N.J.; daughters, Linda Barber and 
husband, Terry, of Nixa, Mo., and Nancy Spandle and husband, Steve, of Pleasant 
Hill, Mo.; ten grandchildren, David, Matt, Yelena, Tamara and Irina Walter, Hannah, 
Tori and Austin Barber, and Miles and Leah Spandle; her sister, Ruth Morrison; and 
her brother, Vance Nash. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 
31, 2004, in GormanScharpf Brentwood Chapel. Burial will follow in Springfield 
National Cemetery. No visitation is planned, however, friends may call after 1 p.m. 
today in the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family asks for your charitable 
contribution to the Southwest Missouri Humane Society as a continued expression of 
Jo's deep love for animals. 
Published in Springfield Newsleader on 3/30/2004. 

Parents
NASH Harold R. ()
----- Margaret ()

Siblings
NASH Josephine Lorraine (24 Jan 1933 - 27 Mar 2004)

Marriage To WALTER Wayne Elroy (23 Dec 1931 - 16 Jun 1982)
    m. 1950 

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Parents
WALTER Wayne Everal (2 Feb 1909 - May 1987)
WITTER Beryl Marquerite (25 Dec 1903 - 26 Jan 1998)

Children by WALTER Wayne Elroy 23 Dec 1931 - 16 Jun 1982
WALTER David Wayne ()
WALTER Linda ()
WALTER Nancy A. ()

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