MONTEZUMA – Walter L. Redger, age 89, died Thursday morning, January 14, 2016, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas.

He was born March 21, 1926, at Tampa, Kansas, the son of Julius and Leah (Schmidt) Redger. As a young boy he attended a rural grade school near Tampa. At age seventeen he moved to Gray County, Kansas, he later lived in Brazil for many years before returning to rural Meade County. Upon his return he began his career in farming and ranching.

He was a member of the Plains View Mennonite Church, rural Plains. He enjoyed working with cattle and attending cattle auctions and sales.

On February 26, 1950, he married Alberta F. Schmidt at Montezuma, Kansas. She survives.

Other survivors include:
Six sons, Steven Redger and wife Rebecca of Yuma, Arizona
Stan Redger and wife Diane of Lakin, Kansas
Errol Redger and wife Karen of Hardin, Montana
Kevin Redger and wife Carol of Montezuma, Kansas
Wade Redger of rural Plains, Kansas
Craig Redger and wife Monica of Princeton, Idaho

A brother, Henry Redger of Moundridge, Kansas

Twenty-two grandchildren Twenty-one great-grandchildren

He is preceded in death by a daughter-in-law, Debra Unruh; a grandchild, Erin Watkins; his parents; five brothers, Eli, Ira, Jacob, Arthur, and Lester Redger; and five sisters, Gladys, Carrie, Effie, Kadie, and Rosella.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, January 17, 2016, at the Plains View Mennonite Church, rural Plains. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade. Interment will follow in the Plains View Mennonite Church Cemetery, rural Plains.

In lieu of flowers, the family would welcome memorials to the Church of God in Christ Mennonite, Colonization Board in care of the funeral home.