Walter Osterberg's Wife Passes Away

Our condolences and prayers go out to Walter Osterberg. His wife Beverly passed away on January 20, 2012. Her complete obituary can be found at http://rudesfuneralhome.com/sitemaker/sites/rudesF1/obit.cgi?user=558162Osterberg

Walter must have been, and still is, one of the most-liked members of our class. No one could not appreciate him. We were on the same JV basketball team our junior year, and had a great deal of fun, both in practice and in games. Walter was also a fine baseball player, and played on our teener team that went to Hershey, Pennsylvania in 1965. If memory serves correctly, some of the more frequently played songs that spun on the jukebox when we stopped along the way were "I Got You Babe" by Sonny and Cher, "This Diamond Ring" by Gary Lewis and the Playboys, "I'm Henry The VIII, I Am" by Hermans' Hermits, "Catch Us If You Can" by The Dave Clark Five, "Baby, The Rain Must Fall" by Glenn Yarbrough. Walter's favorite, though, was "Down In The Boondocks" by Billie Joe Royal.

Stew Linn and I were reminiscing last fall, and when he mentioned that he runs into Walt every once in a while in the Hy-Vee grocery store, we both immediately said "Down In The Boondocks." It won't be too long before we can all get together and catch up on what we've been doing these past few years and also to remember the fun times we had growing up in Brookings. In the meantime, feel free to post any comments here. They are most welcome.