Walter Edward Mack

Obituary of Walter Edward Mack Albion: Eight days short of his 90th birthday, entered into rest May 14, 2010 at the Batavia Veterans Home. Born to John and Anna Mack May 22, 1920, he lived his entire life in Orleans County, with the exception of three years in Army hospitals following WW II. Like many farm boys of his generation, he joined the US Army, swapping his hunting rifle for a carbine. He served with the 45th Thunderbird Division, 157th Infantry Regiment, was wounded in France in 1944, and received a Purple Heart, a Bronze Star, and a Combat Infantry Badge.
He was a tool and die maker and a model maker for 35 years at General Electric in Brockport. He was Past Commander of the Strickland Post #4635 VFW, a member of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, the Sheret Post #35 American Legion, the Albion Knights of Columbus, the B.P.O.Elks Albion Lodge, and he directed the American Contract Bridge League. He was proud of his family, his military service, and his achievement of the rank of Bronze Life Master at the bridge table. He enjoyed fishing, golfing, gardening, bridge, making wine and cider, reading, poetry, and puttering. He hunted until the age of 88.