Person:Walter Schauweker (2)

Jefferson Township Common School graduates, 1913. Ervin DeCamp, Anna Hardendorf, Hester Hayes, Fern Kimmell, Fern Mahnesmith, Erma Martin, Mildred Rauh, Walter Schauweker, Zena Williams. Presentation of diplomas at Examination Room in the Court House 9:30 to 10:00, June 5, 1913 at Albion, Indiana. Music by Avilla High School Band.

Walter worked with, and sold woodstoves to, Amish communities around Northern Indiana during the Great Depression. Demand did not shift to gas and electricity with the general public and their on-hand money supply was not affected by bank runs. This strategy enabled him to pay $5,000 cash ($80,000, adjusted) for a new home and property in Avilla on which he built, and later sold, several homes during and after the height of the Depression in the early-to-mid 1930s.

Andrew Jackson signed the original deed to his 40 acre farm tract.

My father has many fond memories of him.

Walter's grave was visited and documented in May, 2011.

1.   Fort Wayne News and Sentinel.

   April 20, 1918. Walter Schauweker, of Fort Wayne, is the guest of his father for a few weeks. August 16, 1918. Walter Schauweker has resigned his position in Fort Wayne and returned home to remain indefinitely. November 11, 1919. Walter Schauweker is employed at Fort Wayne.

2.   World War I Draft Registration Card.

   Name: Walter Alton Schauweker. County: Noble. State: Indiana. Birth date: 9 Aug 1898. Race: white.

3.   1920 US Census.

   8th and 9th day of January, 1920. Wayne Township, Allen County, Indiana. Schauweker, Walter. Male. White. Age 21. Single. Boarder. Able to read and write: yes. Place of birth: person, father, mother; Indiana, Indiana, Indiana. Occupation: carpenter.

4.   1930 US Census.

   April 3, 1930. Avilla Town, Allen Township, Noble County, Indiana. Household: 72. Family: 72. Head of household: Schauweker, Walter A. Male. White. Age 31. Married. Age when married: 25. Place of birth: person, father, mother; Indiana, Indiana, Indiana. Occupation: wholesale grocery.
   
   Pearl D. Wife. Female. White. Age 25. Place of birth: person, father, mother; Indiana, Indiana, Indiana.
   
   Walter A. Son. White. Male. Age 5. Place of birth: Indiana.
   
   Mary P. Daughter. White. Female. Age 3. Place of birth: Indiana.
   
   Jack F. Son. White. Male. Age 1. Place of birth: Indiana.

5.   Social Security Death Index.

   First name: Walter. Last name: Schauweker. Birth date: Aug 9, 1898. Death date: Jan 1976. Age: 77. Social Security number issued in: IN. First known location: IN. Last known residence: Avilla, IN. Last residence zipcode: 46710. Social Security number: 308-05-9576. Record type: death record. Collection: Social Security Death Index. Source: Social Security Administration. Years: 1937 to 2009. Reference number: 308-05-9576.

6.   Noble County, Indiana Obituaries from the Whan Collection.

   Schauweker, Walter Alton, 77, a 50-year resident of Avilla, died Jan. 8 at McCray Hospital. He was born Aug. 9, 1898 in Jefferson Twp to Frank and Mary Schauweker. He married Pearl Simon in Albion Jan. 14, 1925. She survives. He was a retired salesman and had also worked in marketing for Skelgas Division of the Skelly Oil Co. He was a member of Calvary United Methodist Church and served on the Avilla town board on two different occasions. Surviving in addition to the widow are three daughters, Mary Patricia Bailey, Avon, Sally Joan Sibert, Avilla, and Sandra Sue Bender, R. 2, Kendallville; two sons, Walter, Drake Road, Jack, Ft. Seabrook, Texas; one sister, Alice Forker, Arcadia, Calif.; 14 grandchildren. Two brothers and one sister preceded him in death. Services Saturday in Berhalter-Preston Mortuary. Burial, Avilla Cemetery. ~ 1-15-1976. Amended: added middle name.

7.   Headstone.

   Schauweker
   Walter A.
   1898-1976
   
   Pearl D.
   1904-1991

8. ↑ McCray Memorial Hospital
9. ↑ Avilla City Cemetery