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To Caroline: You may not remember me, but I worked on the farm for your dad back in the
early-to-mid 50s. Our family lived on Washington Avenue, about half-way between your folks' farm
and Art & Mary's place. Please accept my sympathy on the death of your husband.
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Rev Robert Burke
March 24th, 2004 at 12:00am
To the Family- My thoughts are with you. I do not receive the local newspaper, so forgive the
lateness of this entry.
I got to know Wally thru the BPOE 541, 544, and The BH Moose. I used to bartend for the Elks and
I always enjoyed his company. He treated my as a friend, with respect and we had many laughs
together. At one time when I was moving, he took my rose bushes and planted them at his house, so
I knew theyd be appreciated. Hed tell me how they were doing when I did see him. I haven`t been
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Rosalie Jordan
March 24th, 2004 at 12:00am
I met Wally about 1964 when my folks, Bill & Sara McCort, bought the Silver Heels. We were two
slips over from the "Wild Oats", with Paul & Irma McAdams in between. I was eight years old. I
remember Wally's booming voice, and mostly his infectious laugh. Though I was too young to
appreciate his humor, I remember him as a real "character". (He must have been a character; he
was a good friend of my Dad, who was quite a character himself!) I remember the aloof & very
exotic Caroline, always so pretty and tan, stretched out on top of the Wild Oats. And of course,
Hansie the daschund--how that little dog survived the West Basin Marina without drowning is
beyond me! I ran into Wally a few years ago; at the time he was traveling with a huge, slobbering
bulldog named (I think) Buford. I heard later that the dog had demolished the inside of Wally's
truck waiting for him to finish a drink or two with friends. Though we have lost touch, and both of
my folks are gone, I remember Wally and Caroline with much fondness, for putting up with the brat
from two boats over. I am sorry to say that "they just don't make 'em" like Wally Siewert any more,
and that the world will be a boring place without people like him. My sympathies to Caroline and
her family. Sincerely, Sarah (Sue) McCort Hogue.
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Sarah Hogue
March 24th, 2004 at 12:00am
Our thoughts are with you.
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The staff at Starks & Menchinger Family Funeral Home.
March 24th, 2004 at 12:00am
