Nita Walter, age 66, of Huron, South Dakota, and formerly of Great Bend, passed away Saturday, February 16, 2019, at the Huron Regional Medical Center at Huron, SD. Her funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m., Thursday at the Mt. Olivet Church at Huron, SD. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m., Wednesday at the Kuhler Funeral Home, with her family present from 5-7 p.m. A time of sharing will be held at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday evening at the Kuhler Funeral Home. Visit www.kuhlerfuneralhome.com.
In lieu of flowers, the Walter family request memorials be directed to the James Valley Christian School. http://jvcs.org/
Nita Marie Walter was born March 15, 1952, to Marvin H. and Lillian (Wipf) Walter at Huron, South Dakota. She attended Johnson and Hofer Country Schools. She then completed elementary and middle school at the school in Yale, SD. Nita attended high school at James Valley Christian School, where she graduated in 1970. After high school, she worked at the Beadle County Assessor’s Office. In 1971, Nita graduated from Northwest College of Commerce at Huron, SD.
In 1972, Nita moved to Great Bend, Kansas, where she worked at Data Industries. She continued her career at Fuller Brush Company from 1972 to 1978. During that period, she attended Barton Community Junior College in Great Bend and graduated in 1991. Nita also worked part-time for Great Bend Manor and Barton Community Junior College. Nita returned to Huron in 1994. Nita decided to move to Phoenix, Arizona in 1997. In 2006, Nita returned to Huron to care for her Uncle Christy Hofer, until he passed away in 2008.
Nita enjoyed sharing her faith with youth by serving on a bus ministry and teaching Sunday School for eighteen years at a First Assembly of God Church at Great Bend. Supporting the community was important to Nita. She made it a point to volunteer in numerous ways within her community and church; whether it was taking tickets at a James Valley Christian High School event, helping the elderly at the Salvation Army, or assisting at the Jan Manolis Safe Center. She enjoyed watching football and other sports on tv and was an avid fan of the University of Kansas Jayhawks. Nita was a loyal friend and loved keeping up with her family and friends across the country.
Grateful for having shared in her life are her mother, Lillian Walter of Huron, SD; two brothers, Errol and Bonnie Walter of Huron, SD and Marty and Karla Walter of Conway, Arkansas; brother-in-law, Willard Wallman of Huron, SD; dear friend, Janiece Thompson of Huron, SD; two aunts; and many cousins, nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
Funeral arrangements provided by
Kuhler Funeral Home
1360 Dakota Ave S
Huron, SD 57350
Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, Feb. 19, 2019