Elder Interview-Walter Reed
A.2008.001.362 PP
Name/Title
Elder Interview-Walter ReedEntry/Object ID
A.2008.001.362Tags
Missing, Needs Accession Sheet, Needs Location, Needs PhotoDescription
Reed, Walter Joseph Born 07/05/1944 Parents: Vincent Edward Reed and Christine Katherine (Wheelock) Reed Maternal Grandparents: Ella(Metoxen) Wheelock and Kaiser Wheelock Paternal Grandparents: Eliza (Jordan) Reed and Joe Reed His mother was raised around Appleton, Neenah, and Menasha area. His father worked at Strid Grain. Later on he had a stroke so he couldn’t work there anymore. Walter went to school and quit at 16 years old. He got a school grant through church and went and got his GED and went on to college. He got his master’s degree in ministry and now is a certified minister and has his own church. He remembers his mother making different types of breads. Today he would like to have homemade bread instead of store bought bread. They had no running water or electricity. He was very poor as he grew up. His father held a job but most of the money went on his drinking. His mother did some work. She’d clean other people’s houses to make money to buy food and whatever they needed. He didn’t have much for Christmas. If they did have something it wasn’t much. He was in the army for 4 years and was in Vietnam. He did his tour of duty and went to vocational school for a trade. He learned how to weld. He worked at Green Bay structural stool. He worked there for 14 years and then got saved. That’s when he decided to go to school for ministry. He just went through colonel cancer. He was in the hospital for 3 weeks. He uses the Health Center a lot. That’s how he found out about his cancer. Back in the day all they had was baseball to play. He married a woman by the name of Janice. They were together for a year then she moved back home to her mother. They were married for a total of 5 years then got a divorce. That’s when he became a born again Christian.Recording Type
Audio/VisualCollection
Elder InterviewsCataloged By
Gerzetich, Courtney (Cottrell)Category
Digital Media, Military