Walter F. Herdrich Jr.

Yarmouth – Walter F. Herdrich, Jr., 78 of Falmouth, passed away peacefully on September 17, 2014 at Coastal Manor Nursing Home after a 10 year battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was born on May 24, 1936 in Pontiac, Michigan, the only child of Dorothy (Barber) and Walter F. Herdrich. He grew up in Birmingham, Michigan and graduated from Michigan State University in 1960.

Walter was a Senior Buyer for the Buick Division of General Motors for 31 years taking an early retirement at age 55. He then did consulting work for 12 years before retiring at age 67. He and his wife Carole retired to their lake home in Grayling, Michigan and wintered in Bradenton, Florida for five years.

Walter is survived by his wife, Carole Herdrich, of Falmouth, ME; his son Dwight and wife Lauren of Falmouth, ME; his son Craig of San Diego, CA; and his three grandchildren: Zachery, Sophia and Noah of Falmouth, ME.

Special thanks to the staff of Coastal Manor for the very loving care they gave Walter for the more than two and half years he spent there. He was very popular as he told jokes and kept everyone’s spirit up.

A funeral service will be held on Friday September 19, 2014 at 2:00 PM at Lindquist Funeral Home, One Mayberry Lane, Yarmouth, ME 04096. Interment will be in Foreside Community Church Cemetery in Falmouth. Please visit www.lindquistfuneralhome.com to share condolences, memories and tributes with his family.