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Walt Pelstring, age 80, of Boca Raton, Florida passed away on Friday, April 20th at 6:30 p.m. after a long and fulfilling life. Born on October 21, 1931 in Philadelphia, Walt was the son of Catharine (Smith) and Walter A. Pelstring. As a teenager he moved to Hollywood, FL with his parents and siblings and was in the first graduating class of South Broward High School. After attending the University of Florida in Gainesville, he joined the Army and served honorably in Korea, where he earned a Bronze Star. In 1954, Walt began his 42 year career with General Motors Acceptance Corporation.
He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Donna, his son Alan and his wife Janet, his daughter Wanda and her husband John Harrold, his four grandchildren, Samantha and Ryan Harrold and Bryce and Taylor Pelstring, one brother Bart Pelstring and his wife Sue, two sisters, Nancy Lewis and Shirley Schloss and her husband Ed Schloss. His sister, Kay Sanders and her husband Bob Sanders and his brother-in-law K.D. Lewis predeceased Walt. Walt was happiest when surrounded by his loving family.
Walt devoted much of his time to the Debbie Rand Memorial Service League at Boca Raton Regional Hospital, where as a volunteer he held positions of Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer and Vice President. In 2011, he was the Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation/
Debbie-Rand Memorial Service League nominee for the Florence Fuller Men with Caring Hearts Award.
His family and many friends will miss Walt. We will celebrate his life and accomplishments at a memorial gathering to be held at Glick Family Funeral Home on Wednesday, April 25th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church on Thursday, April 26th at 11:00am.
Charitable donations may be made in Walt's memory to the following organization:
Debbie-Rand Memorial Service League
800 Meadows Road, Boca Raton, FL 33486
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Carmen R Mierzwa
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Posted Mon April 23, 2012
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Dear Donna & Fa.
My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Love, Carmen
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Dawn Morgan
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Posted Tue April 24, 2012
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My thoughts and prayers are with the Pelstring Family. My heartfelt condolences and my hope that fond memories will help to soothe the lpain experienced by such a great loss.
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Dawn Morgan
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Posted Tue April 24, 2012
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My thoughts and prayers are with you all as you say goodbye to someone so loved. I hope that fond memories of Walt''s life will help to ease the pain of your loss.
Love,
Dawn
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Kathleen Barrow
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Posted Tue April 24, 2012
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I want to send love, hugs and prayers to you from me and the entire Barrow Family! I have been saying prayers that you find strength through this most trying of times. I hope that your faith can help you find comfort in that you will see him again one day in God's beautiful garden! I certainly wish I had been blessed with more times with my kind, sweet Uncle Walt. Love to ALL of you! Kathleen Barrow
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Cathy & Leo Sand
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Posted Wed April 25, 2012
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from The Little Prince, by Antoine De Saint-Exupery
"At night, you'll look up at the stars. My star will be one of the stars. So you'll like looking at all of them. When you look at the sky at night, since I'll be laughing on one of them, for you, it'll be as if all the stars are laughing. You'll have stars that can laugh. And when you are consoled (everyone eventually is consoled), you'll feel like laughing with me."
Our thoughts & prayers are with you.
Cathy & Leo
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