- Date Of Birth: May 14, 1931
- Date Of Death: February 9, 2022
- State: Idaho
FERDINAND: Fred Joseph Walser, 90 of Ferdinand, passed away Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at his home. Fred was born May 14, 1931 in Ferdinand, Idaho to F.J (Joe) and Theresa Lauer Walser. He was the first of 8 children. He attended school at Icicle Flats at the bottom of the hill.
Summer vacations he would stay at Aunt Josepha and Mike Geis to assist with chores and to also fix the children’s toys. The schoolteacher said, if she could interest him in books as much as fixing things, he’d have it made.
Fred and his brother Carl started work by driving the hay bundle wagon. Fred went to work at the Convent for several years. Following his time at the Convent, he went to work for Ben Kotchsevar for a couple of years, before returning home to take over the family farm. Fred worked at John Deere in Grangeville. He also worked at Channel Lumbers in Craigmont for several years and for the Burkland Mill in Cottonwood. Fred was known for his farming, but he was also known to help his neighbors fix and repair their equipment. He was also hired as one of Lee and Barb Rehder’s very first hired hands.
