Walter Alfred Huhn, 91, of Oakdale died peacefully at 10:20 a.m. Wednesday (Dec. 16, 2020) at his residence in Oakdale after a long illness. Due to COVID-19, services and visitation will not be held. Memorials may be made to the Oakdale Senior Center.
Walter, also known as “Wally,” was born April 27, 1929, in Lombard, Illinois. He is the son of Erich Walter Huhn and Katherine Hellena Spencer. He married Elvira “Bubs” Florence McCully in 1950 in Chicago, Illinois.
Surviving are his brother, Eugene Huhn, Arnold, CA and his children Kristine (Keith Noe) Hess, Vinton, IA; Karen Huhn, Oakdale, CA; Kathy (Victor) Rowley, Medical Lake, WA; and Kurt (Katrina) Huhn, Corvalis, MT. He has eight grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, and two sisters, Loraine Huhn and Beverly Holda. Wally was a graduate of Calumet High School in Chicago, Illinois in 1947 and LaSalle Extension University in 1958, where he received his diploma in higher accountancy. Wally and Bubs started their income tax service in Hayward, CA in 1960. After relocating to the San Joaquin Valley, they opened Huhn’s Bookkeeping and Tax Service in Oakdale in 1972, retiring in 1996.
He was a lifelong member of the Lutheran Church. Raising his family of six in the Bay Area, he enjoyed taking them on drives to Muir Woods and Mount Diablo, the family also spent many a summer vacationing at a colleague’s cabin at Long Barn, CA. Wally was extremely proud of his wife’s talents as a watercolor artist and loved to show her paintings.
Throughout his life, he enjoyed hosting barbeques at his home but gained many new friends later in life at the Senior Center in Oakdale. Dad will be greatly missed. The family would like to thank Karen Huhn and Kimberly Haskins for all their help with Wally. The family would also like to thank Hospice and Wally’s close neighbors for their tender care.
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Walter, also known as “Wally,” was born April 27, 1929, in Lombard, Illinois. He is the son of Erich Walter Huhn and Katherine Hellena Spencer. He married Elvira “Bubs” Florence McCully in 1950 in Chicago, Illinois.
Surviving are his brother, Eugene Huhn, Arnold, CA and his children Kristine (Keith Noe) Hess, Vinton, IA; Karen Huhn, Oakdale, CA; Kathy (Victor) Rowley, Medical Lake, WA; and Kurt (Katrina) Huhn, Corvalis, MT. He has eight grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, and two sisters, Loraine Huhn and Beverly Holda. Wally was a graduate of Calumet High School in Chicago, Illinois in 1947 and LaSalle Extension University in 1958, where he received his diploma in higher accountancy. Wally and Bubs started their income tax service in Hayward, CA in 1960. After relocating to the San Joaquin Valley, they opened Huhn’s Bookkeeping and Tax Service in Oakdale in 1972, retiring in 1996.
He was a lifelong member of the Lutheran Church. Raising his family of six in the Bay Area, he enjoyed taking them on drives to Muir Woods and Mount Diablo, the family also spent many a summer vacationing at a colleague’s cabin at Long Barn, CA. Wally was extremely proud of his wife’s talents as a watercolor artist and loved to show her paintings.
Throughout his life, he enjoyed hosting barbeques at his home but gained many new friends later in life at the Senior Center in Oakdale. Dad will be greatly missed. The family would like to thank Karen Huhn and Kimberly Haskins for all their help with Wally. The family would also like to thank Hospice and Wally’s close neighbors for their tender care.
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Jan. 6, 2021