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Obituary: Lydia Walters

Lydia Walters

Lydia was finally called home in the early morning hours of June 16, 2018, after living 105 years on this earth.  A kinder, gentler, unassuming person won’t be found. Even as her time was growing near, she never complained and was so appreciative of her caregivers.  Thank you to the Vista staff for making her last 5 ½ years with you so pleasant, and to Compassus Hospice for their help in her final days.

Mom was born on March 15, 1913, in Garden City, Kansas to Conrad and Mary Oblander, the youngest of five children.  Shortly thereafter the family moved to the Huntley Project area, where Lydia remained until moving to Billings in 2012.

She married Ed Walters on January 15, 1935, and they began their life together farming, milking cows, and raising read more