Extracted from The Kerrville Daily Times (Kerrville, TX)
Thursday, November 17, 1994

SHORTY WACHTER
Services Today

KERRVILLE -- Graveside services for Shorty Wachter, 77, of Kerrville, who died Wednesday in a Kerrville hospital, will be today at 2 p.m. at Sunset Cemetery in Mountain Home with Chaplain Phil Tilden officiating.

Born Feb. 27, 1917 in Boerne, Mr. Wachter had been a lifetime resident of Kerrville. He was a heavy equipment operator and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

He married Wilda Lucile Hyde on July 27, 1946 in Kerrville. She survives.

Other survivors include a sister, Roberta Miears of New Braunfels; and a brother, Raymond Wachter of Ingram.

Grimes Funeral Chapel in Kerrville is in charge of arrangements.