Teri, I am very sorry for your loss. Wally and I were friends for many years. We played softball together and for a couple of years worked out together at Rosedale Park. He promised to teach me how to box if I worked out with him. A couple of years later I realized he was just using me as a punching bag. I enjoyed every minute of it. He was a good friend with a wry sense of humor. We will all miss him.

Wally was a good friend from the old neighborhood.  It's hard to swallow. God bless him! He was a great man.

So sorry to hear about Wally. I knew him from Imlay Park, softball and Bumps Tavern. He was always smiling and a nice guy.

Sorry that Wally had pass away suddenly, Theresa. My prays are with you and your family & friends. Me remember him from Avon, he was a good work. Me still in sock. can't believed it.

Dear Mary:

I am so very sorry for the loss of your brother. Please know you and all your family are in our hearts and prayers. Love to my dear cousin.

Mary. By love goes your way at such a loss I your life. I pray for you and the family.  I wish I could be therevforvyou in this time of sorrow I hope Bob sent my regards

My wife and I remember the great times years ago when we all bowled together with friends and had loads of fun! Wally will be missed as a kind and gentle person who contributed to everyone. He will be missed. And God loves him.

I am very sorry.I work with Wally at Avon

Dear Terri & Family
My deepest sympathy to you and your family during this sad time.

Terry,
I am so sorry to gear of your loss.....It has been years since I have seen you, but you have always been in my heart..
I will pray for comfort and strength for you and your family during this sorrowful time.

Teri,

I am so sorry to hear of your loss. You and your family will be in my prayers.

I am very sorry for your loss.  I worked with Wally at Avon and he was a great guy!

Bob: The passing of Wally at such a young age reminds us just how precious life is. Growing up I was the younger brother like Wally and know what a pain in the neck we could be. Looking back we wouldn't those memories for the world. Wally's family doesn't know Vicki or I but tell them you are all in our thoughts and prayers

To Bob and Mary,

On behalf of the whole Oberwise family our deepest sympathies on the  passing of Wally.

Biff Oberwise

Dear Teri ! Our hearts goes out to You during this difficult time !
       Zofia, Marzena and Joanna from EKG.

Teri, 
I am thinking of you in this hard time. Keep you and your daughter in my prayer

I went to Saint Patrick High School with Wally.

Every time I saw him in the hallways, classrooms or at after school parties I just had to smile, because he was always smiling. 
Did anyone ever seen Wally not smiling?

I regret not keeping in touch after high school.
The world has lost a good and decent man.

I will pray for his soul and for his family.

Sincerely,
Sean Ulbert 72'
seanulbert@gmail.com
Escondido, CA. 92029

Dear Mary:

We are so very sorry for your loss. Your brother was taken from you much too soon. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this sad time.

Dolores & Bob Monnett

Dear Teri and Brit-Please accept our deepest sympathy at losing Wally.  You are both in our hearts

Mary Iam so sorry about your brother your mom loved him a lot love you Lill and Charlie

Dear Mary and Family.  My heart breaks for you during this difficult time.  Please know that I am here for you with tons of love,
Glenny

Dear Bob and Mary--We share your sorrow and the loss of your brother--There are no words to express how you feel--Please accept our sincere condolences and know that when God shuts a door He always opens a window.  With love, Tom and Deb Bergquist

Dear Teri and Brit:  I am so sorry for your loss.  May God keep him and your family close.  Meg Myalls

Dear Mary,

Knowing you as we do, we know you and your family are strong.So as the days and weeks pass, and as you return to life's routine, may you continue to feel comforted by the love and support of family and friends

Dear Mary and family, 
Knowing you as we do we, we know you and your family are strong. As the days and weeks pass, and as you return to life's routine, may you continue to feel comforted by the love and support of family and friends

Dear Mary
In the past year I watched you be strong through the agony of losing Two much beloved dogs and your Mother. It is hard to fathom the shock and sorrow of now so soon on the heels of that, losing your brother. I am so sorry for your pain. I pray that there is comfort for you in the circle of family  as you fly back to Chicago. I keep you in my thoughts and my prayers.

Mary, I'm so sorry to hear of your loss.  My prayers are with you and your family at this time of great sorrow.  Julie Musfeldt

Wally was one of my best friends. we shared music together.we spent times together when times were tough.we moved to Florida together.we worked together and shared an apartment together on the ocean.but most of all we laughed together.Imiss you.

Dear Mary,
 I am so sorry for your loss.I shall say a prayer on behalf of your family.
                                                Diane Cande'

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Walter Francis Portschy

24 April, 1953 – 15 December, 2012

Malec & Sons Funeral Home

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