Ingeberg Maria Walker, 76, Adrian, died Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2002, in Luverne Community Hospital.
Services were Saturday, Sept. 7, at First Baptist Church in Adrian. The Rev. Timothy Barr officiated. Burial was in Adrian Cemetery.
Ingeberg von Reidlitz was born on June 23, 1926, in Wroclaw, East Germany, the daughter of titled aristocracy. From age 6 to 10 she attended a German School; from 10 to 14 she studied at a Convent School in Nice, France; and from 14 to 16, she went to school in Switzerland. After returning from a vacation to her home in Wroclaw, she was drafted into the German Air Force. 1st Lieutenant von Reidlitz spent two years in the service of the German Air Force flying the Ju9 dive bomber and Bueker 82 Messersmidt.
Following the war, she became a hired interpreter for the military government. It was in this capacity, in 1946, at the age of 19, she met and became the interpreter for Master Sergeant Warren A. Walker, born and raised in Kenneth. They were married on May 14, 1949, in Donworth, Bavaria. Her husband remained with the U.S. Army where they were stationed all over the U.S. until retiring after 30 years of service. The couple then spent a year with her parents in Germany in 1960, before moving to Nebraska to live with and care for Mr. Walker's parents. When his parents entered a nursing home they returned to southwest Minnesota.
Mrs. Walker was a member of First Baptist Church in Adrian and PETA. She was an avid reader, enjoyed classical music, crochet work, animals, birds, and giving treats to children.
Survivors include her brother, Otto von Dalowski von Reidlitz, Germany; one sister, Johanna, Germany; three sisters-in-law, Addie Weis, Conway, Alaska, Bessy Bents, Pipestone, and Gracie (Berk) Wolf, Arlington, Neb., and one nephew, Hans Schirmer, South Africa.
Mrs. Walker, was preceded in death by her parents, and her husband, Warren, on June 15, 1983.
Dingmann Funeral Home, Adrian, was in charge of arrangements.