Harold Leverne Wall

Harold L. Wall age 82 of Balaton, MN died Monday, January 24, 2011 at the Tyler Health Care Center in Tyler, MN. Services will be 11:00 AM Friday, January 28, 2011 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Balaton. Visitation will be from 4:00 until 8:00 PM Thursday, January 27, 2011 at the Almlie Funeral Home in Balaton, with a prayer service at 7:30 PM and continuing one hour prior to the service at the church on Friday. Interment will be in the spring of 2011, at the Lakeside Cemetery in Balaton. A luncheon will be served immediately after the service at the church. The Almlie Funeral Home of Balaton is handling the arrangements. Harold L. Wall was born May 4, 1928 to Oscar and Helga (Linde) Wall in St. Johns Township, near Pennock, MN, Kandiyohi County. He was baptized in the Lutheran faith and confirmed on April 18, 1943. Harold attended country school and then as a young man, worked on the family farm. In November of 1950 he was drafted into the U.S. Army and served in the 10th Mountain Division in Ft. Riley, KS before he received his honorable discharge for medical reasons in 1951 and returned to his home in Minnesota. On December 19, 1970 Harold married Emma M. Matzke in Glenwood, MN, where they made their home. In 1973 they moved to a farm northeast of Balaton, MN and continued to farm until his retirement in 1996. That year they moved into Balaton, where he lived till his death. Harold was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Balaton and the Balaton American Legion. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, collecting antiques and raising sheep during his many years of farming. On Monday, January 24, 2011 Harold died, surrounded by his loving family, at the Tyler Health Care Center at the age of 82. Harold is survived by his wife, Emma Wall of Balaton, MN; two sons, Michael (Kimberly) Wall of La Vista, NE and Scott (Laurie) Wall of Marshall, MN; three grandchildren, Christopher, Ashley and Ethan Wall; one sister, Evelyn Evers of Comfrey, MN; one sister-in-law, Gertrude Wall of Glenwood, MN; many nieces, nephews and friends. His parents, five brothers, Arnold (Clara) Wall, Walter (Bertha) Wall, Arthur (Betty) Wall, Irvin Wall and Marvin (Lucille) Wall, three sisters, Ada (Ole) Olson, Esther (Walter) Magnuson and Clara (John) Nagle, and one brother-in-law, Martin Evers preceded him in death.