WATERVILLE – The funeral for Walter H. Michalkiewicz will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Wright-Hobbs
Funeral Home, Grand Rapids. Rev. Dave Staiger will preside. Burial will follow at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery,
Grand Rapids, with military rites conducted by Grand Rapids American Legion.
Visitation is Sunday from 2 to 7 p.m.
Mr. Michalkiewicz, 80, of Waterville, died Thursday (June 25, 2009) at Hospice of Northwest Ohio,
Perrysburg.
An Army veteran, he retired in 1990 as maintenance supervisor from Johns Manville, Waterville, after more
than 43 years of service.
He was an avid woodworker and gardener.
He was born Dec. 7, 1928 in Toledo, to Joseph and Magdelena (Lubiatowski) Michalkiewicz.
Surviving are two sons, Kenneth of Encinitas, Calif., and Richard, Gahanna; two brothers, Harry and
Eugene; two sisters, Virginia and Gertrude; nine grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two
great-great grandchildren; and his longtime companion, Norma Good of Neapolis.
He was preceded in death by nine brothers and sisters.
Memorials are suggested to the Hospice.WATERVILLE – The funeral for Walter H. Michalkiewicz will be held
at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Wright-Hobbs Funeral Home, Grand Rapids. Rev. Dave Staiger will preside. Burial
will follow at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Grand Rapids, with military rites conducted by Grand Rapids
American Legion.
Visitation is Sunday from 2 to 7 p.m.
Mr. Michalkiewicz, 80, of Waterville, died Thursday (June 25, 2009) at Hospice of Northwest Ohio,
Perrysburg.
An Army veteran, he retired in 1990 as maintenance supervisor from Johns Manville, Waterville, after more
than 43 years of service.
He was an avid woodworker and gardener.
He was born Dec. 7, 1928 in Toledo, to Joseph and Magdelena (Lubiatowski) Michalkiewicz.
Surviving are two sons, Kenneth of Encinitas, Calif., and Richard, Gahanna; two brothers, Harry and
Eugene; two sisters, Virginia and Gertrude; nine grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two
great-great grandchildren; and his longtime companion, Norma Good of Neapolis.
He was preceded in death by nine brothers and sisters.
Memorials are suggested to the Hospice.