Born : 16 Nov 1921
Date : 29 Nov 2014
Location : Woodlawn Cemetery, Sheldon, WI
Walter C. Scholbrock, age 93, passed peacefully in the morning hours of November 21, 2014 at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Rice Lake, WI.
He lived a long and successful life. He was born to Herman and Regina (Thuente) Scholbrock on November 16, 1921 in Festina, IA. He attended St. Mary’s School in Festina, IA and Wadena High School, Wadena, IA.
On July 2, 1942 Walter enlisted in the Navy and was shipped to the Great Lakes Training Center in Chicago, IL. He often said that was one of the happiest days in his life. He did his basic training and advanced training there and was then assigned to Naval Aircraft Training in Florida. He served in anti-submarine warfare from 1943-45 in Brazil, Cuba and Brunswick, ME.
While doing his basic training at the Great Lakes Training Center in Chicago, he met Mary Ludvigsen. They courted, were engaged in February 1943 and married on November 7, 1944. After the war Walt and Mary moved back to Sheldon, WI to begin their professional lives. They both worked for Clarence Brown (Brown’s Store) before investing in their own business, Star Oil Company with their brother, Milton Ludvigsen in 1948. This business was a 24-7 operation with no relief. After 12 years, Walt and Mary made a decision to sell Star Oil and enter a new profession as bankers.
A friend, Virgil Hegeholz, from Sheldon, WI had moved to North Dakota. He invited the Scholbrocks to join him in Peoples and Enderlin State Bank in Enderlin, ND. It was there from 1960 to 1963 that Walt and Mary "cut their teeth" in the banking industry. In 1963 Virgil, Walter and Mary invested in another bank, Clay County State Bank, in Dilworth, MN just outside Moorhead, MN. This partnership lasted until 1968 at which time Walt and Mary were ready to invest in their own bank, the State Bank of Gilman.
From 1968 until 1982, Walt and Mary owned/operated the State Bank of Gilman. They consider this phase of their life to be one of the most fulfilling, successful, and endearing of their professional life. They worked hard, made many friends, and volunteered many hours to the church and community.
In 1982 the State Bank of Gilman was sold and the Scholbrocks retired to Lac Court Orielles south of Hayward, WI. They thoroughly enjoyed the different pace of retirement with full-time gardening during the summers, world-wide travel, and becoming "Winter Texans" in Harlingen, TX until 2005. In 2007 they sold their lake home on Lac Court Orielles and moved to Rice Lake, WI.
Walt belonged to the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus, American Legion, VFW, and St. Joseph's Parish. He was an excellent gardener and spent many hours cultivating his gardens and maintaining one of the "greenest" lawns in Rice Lake.
He is survived by his loving, loyal and faithful wife, Mary. They just celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary November 7, 2014. Surviving children include Allan (Virginia), April (Richard) Hepp, Tim (Nancy Hunt), grandchildren Grant (J. Fang), Kara (Mike) Gyarmaty, Elizabeth (Peter) Fritz, John (Michele Zeka) Hepp, Andrew (Dana), Mark, great-grandchildren, Alex Gyarmaty, Will Gyarmaty, Chayton Fritz, Bowman Fritz, and Sebastian Scholbrock.
Special thanks go out to Lee McClaine, neighbor and caregiver to Walt and Mary the past two years, the staff at Our House, Heritage Manor, Brentwood Senior Communities, and to Fr. James Powers.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:00 AM Saturday, November 29, 2014 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rice Lake, Father James Powers officiating, Military Rites will be accorded by the Rice Lake Veterans Center Honor Guard, with interment in the Sheldon Community Cemetery in Sheldon, WI. Visitation will be held from 9 - 10 AM Saturday at the Church. Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Appleyard's Home for Funerals, 19 W. Messenger St., Rice Lake, WI.
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