 1919 - 2008 (88 years)
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| Name |
Don Walker Korte |
| Suffix |
Sr. |
| Born |
29 Oct 1919 |
New Haven, Missouri  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
14 Jun 2008 |
Norfolk, Virginia |
| Person ID |
I58195 |
Virts |
| Last Modified |
6 Apr 2015 |
| Father |
Julius Walker Korte, b. 12 Oct 1877, New Haven, Missouri , d. 30 Aug 1938, New Haven, Missouri (Age 60 years) |
| Mother |
Erma Diehl, b. 8 Sep 1877, Coles County, Illinois , d. 2 Jan 1974, Camdenton, Missouri (Age 96 years) |
| Family ID |
F23098 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Irene Altheide, b. 13 Jul 1920, New Haven, Missouri , d. 17 Sep 2009, Norfolk, Virginia (Age 89 years) |
| Married |
1945 |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
6 Apr 2015 |
| Family ID |
F23103 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Virginian-Pilot, The (Norfolk, VA) - Thursday, June 19, 2008
VIRGINIA BEACH - Don Walker Korte Sr. died June 14, 2008, at the age of 88. He was a native of New Haven, Mo., where he met his lifelong love, Irene Korte, at age 3. His devotion to her and their family was unwavering. Mr. Korte was a retired lieutenant commander of the U.S. Navy and served during World War II. He spent two years on the island of Bora Bora in the South Pacific supporting the island's gun battery. Later, he was assigned to the USS Douglas H. Fox, where he survived the attack on Okinawa island and a kamikaze attack.
Retiring from the Navy in 1959 after more than 20 years of service, Mr. Korte pursued a second career in banking. He received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Norfolk division of the College of William and Mary in 1961 and a master's in business administration from the University of North Carolina in 1963. He joined the audit department at Virginia National Bank headquarters in Norfolk in 1963, and retired in 1984 as associate general auditor. He was a certified internal auditor and served as president, secretary and on the board of directors of the Institute of Internal Auditors, Tidewater Chapter.
A resident of Virginia Beach's Alanton neighborhood for almost 50 years, Mr. Korte was active in his community and church. He held offices in the North Alanton civic league and coached the Great Neck community boy's basketball team, the Airedales, from 1966 to 1984. He was an elder and deacon of First Presbyterian Church in Virginia Beach and a member of the E.M. Hardy Men's Bible Class and was a member and former president of Virginia Beach-Combers Kiwanis Club.
He is survived by his dedicated and loving wife of 63 years, Irene Altheide Korte; a sister, Ermalee Kimball of Upland, Calif.; four children and their spouses, Don W. Korte Jr. and wife Mary of Mequon, Wis., Martha Korte Brantley and husband Allen, George F. Korte and wife Holly, John J. Korte and wife Judy, all of Virginia Beach; eight grandchildren, Don W. Korte III of West Allis, Wis., Christine Brantley, Kyle Korte, Kurt Korte, Kendall Korte, Jack Korte, Ben Korte, Elizabeth Korte, all of Virginia Beach; and a great-granddaughter, Lindsey Brantley of Virginia Beach.
A visitation will be held Friday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Great Neck Chapel. A funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in First Presbyterian Church, Virginia Beach, followed by a private burial. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the National Parkinson Foundation or to Ocean Park or Courthouse rescue squads in Virginia Beach. Condolences may be offered to the family at www.hollomon-brown.com.
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