Hazel Mary Reid and William F. Walda

WILLIAM F. WALDA was born April 17, 1880 in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois,¹⁶⁷⁵ and died April 27, 1957 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana.^{456, 1326} He is buried in Concordia Lutheran Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana.^{456, 1326}

He married HAZEL MARY REID on October 6, 1916 in Trinity Episcopal Church, Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana,^{1029, 2641} daughter of ELIZABETH CURTISS and DR. CHARLES SCOTT REID. She was born November 27, 1889 in Dunkirk, Hardin, Ohio,¹⁶⁷⁵ and died January 21, 1960 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana.^{456, 1325, 4931} She is buried in Concordia Lutheran Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana.^{456, 1325}

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  • William Scott Descendant Report (Ancestor of Hazel M. Reid)

Children of HAZEL MARY REID and WILLIAM F. WALDA:

1. WILLIAM REID WALDA, b. October 15, 1917;⁴⁵⁶ d. October 15, 1917, Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana;^{456, 4931} bur. Concordia Lutheran Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana.⁴⁵⁶
2. ROBERT ELWIN WALDA, b. February 4, 1919, Allen County, Indiana;¹¹⁸⁶ m. (1) JEAN ALMEDA PRESTON on June 26, 1942 in Pierce County, Washington⁶⁶²⁴, m. (2) MARY LOU VETTER; d. September 12, 2000, Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana.^{168, 4931}
3. ALLEN HERBERT WALDA, b. August 2, 1926, Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana;⁷³⁷⁷ m. PHYLLIS ANN WESTBROOK on November 15, 1958 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana¹⁰⁷⁴⁷; d. March 6, 1987, Nashville, Tennessee.^{56, 1324}



Marriage Announcements and News

Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel, October 11, 1916²⁶⁴¹

Walda-Reid

A very quiet wedding took place in Trinity Episcopal church on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock when Miss Hazel Reid, a daughter of Dr. C. S. Reid, of Detroit, Mich,. and Mr. William Walda, a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Walda, of 1036 Schick street, were married. Rev. E. W. Averill performed the ceremony in the presence of immediate relatives. The bride and groom left at once on a trip to points in Michigan. After October 14, Mr. and Mrs. Walda will be at home at the corner of Harrison and Fifth streets, where they are to keep house. The bride has made her home for many years with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Kintz, of 1528 Wells street. The bride has been a stenographer for the Deister Machine company and is very well thought of and admired by her many friends. Mr. Walda is a successful traveling salesman for the same manufacturing company and met his bride during business trips to the office.

Newspaper Articles

Fort Wayne News, December 7, 1909²⁶⁴³

Saturday evening a merry crowd surprised Miss Hazel Reid at her home, 815 Archer avenue, in honor of her birthday anniversary. Progressive pedro and music formed the chief amusements. Prizes were won by Miss Margaretha Tegeder and Mr. James C. Reid; consolations by Miss Alice Tegeder and Mr. Norton Cook. At a late hour a three-course supper was served. The table was decorated in pink and the favors consisted of dainty baskets of candy. Those present were Misses Lillian Parham, Lola Ropa, Alice Tegeder, Hazel Reid, Margaretha Tegeder, Marguerite and Dorothy Kintz, and Messrs. Ralph Gillette, Herman Rippe, Norton Cook, James Red, Harry Hardendorf, Clifford Curtis, Mr. and Mrs. Gillette, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Kintz and Mrs. Tegeder.

Fort Wayne News and Sentinel, August 14, 1914²⁶⁴⁴

WILL BRAVE MEXICO

Bandits, cactus, deserts and other properties peculiar to Mexico have no terrors for William F. Walda, of 1044 Schick street, who is about to set out for that country in the interest of the Deister Machine company, of this city. Passports have been applied for through United States Commissioner T. J. Logan and their arrival is the only thing that determines when Mr. Walda will leave.

Fort Wayne News and Sentinel, June 26, 1921²⁶⁴⁵

FORT WAYNE MAN ROBBED BY BANDITS IN MEXICO

William F. Walda, 1520 East Wayne Street, is Held Up Near Texan Border.

NOW ON HIS WAY HOME

William F. Walda, 1520 East Wayne street, traveling representative of the Deister Machine company of this city was help up and robbed recently by Mexican bandits in the mining district between Santa Barbara andParral, Chihuahua, Mexico, members of the family have been informed.

"Held up and 'cleaned' by bandits," Walda wired his wife. "I will tell you all about it when I get home." In a letter later, he told more details of the hold-up.

Walda was in the Mexican mining country installing machines built by the Diester company. With two miners he was driving down a road when the trio was attacked by bandits and robbed of all their cash and valuables. The two miners, it is reported were taken away by the bandits and held for ransom which was paid by the Mexican government.

Immediately following the robbery, Walda left Mexico and went to El Paso, Texas. From there he went to California and now he is on his way home. He is expected to reach this city early this week.

Obituaries

Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, April 28, 1957¹³²⁶

William F. Walda Dies; Local Foundry Officer

William F. Walda, 77, secretary-treasurer of the Central Foundry Co., died. at 12:30 p.m. yesterday at his home at 1905.Vermont Ave. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Parkview Memorial Hospital after suffering a heart attack.

He was born in Peoria, Ill.; and came to this city at the age of 3. Mr. Walda was a member of the St. Paul's Lutheran Church and was a veteran of the Spanish American War. He was one of the founders of the Valparaiso University Association and a member of the Henry Lawton Camp.

Surviving are his wife, Hazel; two sons, Robert and Allen, Fort Wayne; a brother, Edwin, Fort Wayne; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Lindeman and Mrs. Nora Henderson, Fort Wayne, and two grandchildren.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Rodenbeck Funeral Home, the Rev. Edwin A. Nerger officiating. Burial will be in Concordia Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.

Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, January 23, 1960¹³²⁵

MRS. HAZEL WALDA

Funeral services for Mrs. Hazel Walda, 69-year-old resident of 1905 Vermont Ave., who was found dead at her home early yesterday, will be held Saturday, in the Rodenbeck-Hockemeyer Funeral Home.

The services will be held at 3 p.m., with the Rev. George B. Wood officiating. Burial will be in Concordia Lutheran Cemetery.

Born in Fort Wayne, Mrs. Walda had lived here all her life. She was the widow of the late William Walda and was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church.

Surviving are two sons, Robert and Allen, both of Fort Wayne; two brothers, James Reid, Detroit, and Charles Reid, Tucson, Ariz.; and two grandchildren.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. today.

Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, October 16, 1917¹³²⁷

Walda

William Reid Walda, the one-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Walda, died yesterday at Lutheran hospital of exhaustion.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 1, 19001038	Wyandotte, Wayne, Michigan	Charles Scott Reid Lenora McGuire James Curtis Reid Hazel Mary Reid Charles Scott Reid
April 23, 19101022	Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana	Hazel Mary Reid
January 3, 19201024	Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana	William F. Walda Hazel Mary Reid Robert Elwin Walda
April 17, 19301030	Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana	William F. Walda Hazel Mary Reid Robert Elwin Walda Allen Herbert Walda
April 9, 19402521	Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana	William F. Walda Hazel Mary Reid Robert Elwin Walda Allen Herbert Walda