Individual Details
Walter P. Hinnenkamp
(July 16, 1921 - September 6, 2006)
Walter P. Hinnenkamp, 85
Melrose
July 16, 1921 Sept. 6, 2006
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, September 9 at St. Marys Catholic Church in Melrose for Walter Hinnenkamp who died from cancer on Wednesday, September 6 at Mother of Mercy Nursing Home in Albany. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday and from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose. Melrose Veterans Honor Guard will pray at 7 p.m. followed by parish prayers at 8 p.m. Friday evening.
Walter P. Hinnenkamp, one of twelve children, was born July 16, 1921 in Melrose Township, Stearns County to Herman and Margaret (Buschmann) Hinnenkamp. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the South Pacific Theater aboard the destroyer, U.S. Sproston from 1942 to 1946 and as a Wheelsman on the ore boats of the USS Steel out of Duluth for 24 years before retiring in 1980. Walter lived in New Munich, St. Joseph, and the last 25 years, at his retirement home on 40 acres north of Melrose. Walter thrived as the captain of the 40 acres of "Wallys World" where the orchard, garden, and trees grew in profusion if not with precision and where he often toiled till dark in the bottomless pit of a meadow. The deer, pheasants, ducks, and those dastardly rabbits were the main beneficiaries of his labors and visions. Also, anyone who ventured on the premises was usually rewarded with the use of his time, labor, and/or production of his orchard, garden, and giant rhubarb. During the last six weeks, he was under the able and nurturing care of the Hospice programs in Sauk Centre and Albany, and the kind and generous staff at the assisted living Das Goldene Wohnheim in New Munich, Mother of Mercy Nursing Home in Albany, and the Melrose Hospital. He was a member of St. Marys Catholic Church in Melrose, Schanhaar-Otte VFW Post 7050, and American Legion Post 101.
Survivors include his sisters and brothers, Hildegard Knops of Gilbert, AZ, Luella Williams of Prescott Valley, AZ, Arthur Hinnenkamp (Louella) of Brooklyn Center, Herman Hinnenkamp of Melrose, Margaret Eiynck (Eberhard "Shorty" of Gilbert, AZ, Virginia Caspers (Raymond) of Chula Vista, CA, Wilfred Hinnenkamp (Donna) of Meire Grove, and Harold Hinnenkamp (Carol) of Maple Lake; and many nieces and nephews.
Walter was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Rosalia Wieber, and Lucille Loecken; and brother, Erwin Hinnenkamp.
Melrose
July 16, 1921 Sept. 6, 2006
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, September 9 at St. Marys Catholic Church in Melrose for Walter Hinnenkamp who died from cancer on Wednesday, September 6 at Mother of Mercy Nursing Home in Albany. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday and from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose. Melrose Veterans Honor Guard will pray at 7 p.m. followed by parish prayers at 8 p.m. Friday evening.
Walter P. Hinnenkamp, one of twelve children, was born July 16, 1921 in Melrose Township, Stearns County to Herman and Margaret (Buschmann) Hinnenkamp. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the South Pacific Theater aboard the destroyer, U.S. Sproston from 1942 to 1946 and as a Wheelsman on the ore boats of the USS Steel out of Duluth for 24 years before retiring in 1980. Walter lived in New Munich, St. Joseph, and the last 25 years, at his retirement home on 40 acres north of Melrose. Walter thrived as the captain of the 40 acres of "Wallys World" where the orchard, garden, and trees grew in profusion if not with precision and where he often toiled till dark in the bottomless pit of a meadow. The deer, pheasants, ducks, and those dastardly rabbits were the main beneficiaries of his labors and visions. Also, anyone who ventured on the premises was usually rewarded with the use of his time, labor, and/or production of his orchard, garden, and giant rhubarb. During the last six weeks, he was under the able and nurturing care of the Hospice programs in Sauk Centre and Albany, and the kind and generous staff at the assisted living Das Goldene Wohnheim in New Munich, Mother of Mercy Nursing Home in Albany, and the Melrose Hospital. He was a member of St. Marys Catholic Church in Melrose, Schanhaar-Otte VFW Post 7050, and American Legion Post 101.
Survivors include his sisters and brothers, Hildegard Knops of Gilbert, AZ, Luella Williams of Prescott Valley, AZ, Arthur Hinnenkamp (Louella) of Brooklyn Center, Herman Hinnenkamp of Melrose, Margaret Eiynck (Eberhard "Shorty" of Gilbert, AZ, Virginia Caspers (Raymond) of Chula Vista, CA, Wilfred Hinnenkamp (Donna) of Meire Grove, and Harold Hinnenkamp (Carol) of Maple Lake; and many nieces and nephews.
Walter was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Rosalia Wieber, and Lucille Loecken; and brother, Erwin Hinnenkamp.
Events
| Birth | July 16, 1921 | Melrose Twp., Stearns Co., MN | |||
| Death | September 6, 2006 | Melrose, Stearns Co., MN |
Families
| Father | Herman Hinnenkamp (1886 - 1960) |
| Mother | Margaret Buschmann (1894 - 1971) |
| Sibling | Rosalia Elizabethh Hinnenkamp (1916 - 2002) |
| Sibling | Erwin John Hinnenkamp (1917 - 1999) |
| Sibling | Lucille Johanna Hinnenkamp (1920 - 2000) |
| Sibling | Harold Hinnenkamp |
| Sibling | Hildegard Hinnenkamp |
| Sibling | Luella Hinnenkamp |
| Sibling | Arthur J. Hinnenkamp |
| Sibling | Herman A. Hinnenkamp Jr. |
| Sibling | William P. Hinnenkamp |
| Sibling | Margaret Hinnenkamp |
| Sibling | Virginia Hinnenkamp |