WALTER J. MEINZ

SCOTT CITY -- Walter J. "Pete" Meinz, 73, of Scott City, died Thursday, March 2, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Sept. 24, 1921, in Cape Girardeau, son of Fred Joseph and Clara Beaudean Meinz. He and Arvazena "Bobbie" Roberts were married Sept. 25, 1947, in Osceola, Ark.

Meinze retired as a maintenance technician with Procter & Gamble. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Scott City, and VFW Post 3838 in Cape Girardeau.

Survivors include his wife; four daughters, LaDonna Phelps of Scott City, Terry Atkins of Bourbonnais, Ill., Tandy Meinz of Jackson, and Gail Myers of Keller, Texas; a brother, Jack Meinz of Cape Girardeau; three sisters, Eva Cotner of Shreveport, La., Cecelia "Skeets" Sonderman of Cape Girardeau, Joan Jaschke of Gulf Breeze, Fla., and six grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters.

Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City from 4-8 p.m. today.

Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the chapel, with the Rev. Terry Eades officiating. Burial will be in Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau.