WWII Veteran Walter Siebeneicher memorial 4-22-12

Walter Frederick Siebeneicher died Monday, April 2, 2012, at Sonora Regional Hospital. He was 88. A native of Soledad, Mr. Siebeneicher was born Sept. 12, 1923. He was the first of four children born to Ora Helena Siebeneicher and Adolph Ennal Siebeneicher, who immigrated to the United States from Germany in the early 1900s. He was a machinist at Varian Associates in Palo Alto for years. He served as an interpreter with the Army Ranger Combat Infantry Unit during World War II. He was in Salerno, Sicily, Rome, Arno, Southern France and Rhineland and central Europe. He received a Purple Heart, Distinguish Unit Badge and European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with Bronze Arrowhead.

He enjoyed making wind chimes, fishing, rock collecting, gold panning and gardening.
He is survived by his brothers Adolph and George Siebeneicher; children Wernau Maltba, Elyssa and Glen Emerick, Walter F. Jr. and Cam Siebeneicher, Robert and Cheryl Bovee; the Garliepp and Gabler families; 13 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and his friend Audrey Moffatt. He was preceded in death by his wife of 40 years, Emilie Gabler Siebeneicher.

A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 22, at the Copper Cove Lake Tulloch Owners Association, 920 Black Creek Drive, Copperopolis.