Kindt, Walter H., 1923-2010
Dates
- Existence: 1923 - 2010
Biography
Walter H. Kindt (1923-2010) was an immigrant from Germany to the United States as well as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Walter H. Kindt was born on November 15, 1923, in Germany, to parents Johannes Erich Paul and Frieda Fritz Kindt. He was educated as a surveyor before serving in the German Army during World War II. After the war, he served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in East Germany for five years. After his mission, he moved to America and settled in the Milwaukee area. He served as a stake missionary for two years.
Walter married Rose Steinmann on June 8, 1955, in Mesa, Arizona, and together they had seven children.
Soon after his marriage, Walter was called to be a bishop in the Chicago Stake. He later served as part of a stake presidency, as the mission president of the Central German Mission, as a regional representative over Europe, New England, Ohio, and Minnesota, as a mission president's counselor to four different Mission Presidents, and finally as a sealer in the Chicago Temple.
Walter loved to draw, and as a youth, would sell his pictures to make a little money on the side. While on his first mission, he discovered that he could support himself on his mission by selling charts that showed a timeline from Adam to Christ. After coming to the United States, he worked in the field of advertising, marketing, and printing. He later retired as the Production Director of Kohl's Department Stores.
Kindt passed away on August 15, 2010, in Wisconsin, and is buried in Mesa, Arizona.
Citation:
UPB files, December 18, 2014 (Walter H. Kindt was born on November 15, 1923, in Germany to parents Johannes Erich Paul and Frieda Fritz Kindt; educated as a surveyor before serving in the German Army during World War II; served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in East Germany for five years; moved to America and settled in the Milwaukee area; served as a Stake missionary for two years; married Rose Steinmann on June 8, 1955, in Mesa, Arizona, and together they had seven children; called to be a Bishop in the Chicago Stake; served as part of a Stake Presidency, as the Mission President of the Central German Mission, as a Regional Representative over Europe /New England / Ohio / Minnesota, as a Mission President's Counselor to four different Mission Presidents, and finally as a sealer in the Chicago Temple; loved to draw, and as a youth, would sell his pictures to make a little money on the side; supported himself on his mission by selling charts that showed a timeline from Adam to Christ; worked in the field of advertising, marketing, and printing. He later retired as the Production Director of Kohl's Department Stores)Legacy.com, via WWW, December 18, 2014 (Kindt passed away on August 15, 2010, in Wisconsin, and is buried in Mesa, Arizona)
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Diane Campbell collection of Weller family history materials
Materials consist of scanned copies on DVD of one autobiography, "With God, All Things Are Possible," by Walter H. Kindt, dated 2009, three record books, one of births, one of baptisms, and one of temple work done for ancestors, dated 1917 to 2009, and scrapbooks dated approximately 1950. Information for Dale and Mary Hair and their ancestors are included. Dated 1917 to 2009.