Walter F. “Wally” Balzerick Jr.
February 21, 2011
Balzerick, Jr., Walter F. “Wally”, Executive Director for The Kansas Society of Children with Challenges, passed away, Monday, February 21, 2011. Visitation with the family will be 5:00-7:00 p.m., Thursday, February 24 at Downing Lahey Mortuary East. Graveside service 3:00 p.m., Friday, February 25 at Wichita Park Mausoleum. Wally served in the Marine Corps during WWII and Korea. After his service, Wally moved back to Wichita where he joined KFH Radio as a sales representative, and later moved to KAKE Radio, then KAKE TV. In 1960, Wally moved to Lago Whitehead Advertising Agency as an Account Executive, and rose to Executive Vice-President in 1971. He was named President of Batz Hodgson Neuwoehner, Inc, in 1976, after their merger with Lago Whitehead. Wally was a past Commandant of the Kansas detachment of the Marine Corps League. He held memberships and offices in Albert Pike Lodge, AF AM; Wichita Masonic Consistory, 32nd Degree; Downtown Rotary Club; Plymouth Congregational Church; Wichita East Optimist Club; Wichita Executives Association; Wichita Council of Camp Fire Girls; Sales and Marketing Executives; Wichita Advertising Club, Wichita Art Museum and American Red Cross. Wally married Janet Baker. She precedes him in death. Survivors: daughter, Brenda Banta (Kim) of Wichita; son, Brad Ohlson (Sara) of Wichita; brother, Bob Balzerick (Connie) of Omaha; grandchildren, Tiffany Moises (Sid), Christopher Lovely, Ian Banta and Megan Lovely. In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established with The Kansas Society for Children with Challenges, 106 W. Douglas, S-900, Wichita, KS, 67202 and Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, 313 S. Market, Wichita, KS, 67202.
Visitation with the family 5:00 - 7:00 P.M. Thursday at Downing Lahey Mortuary East
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To Wally’s family, I got acquainted with Wally when he first came to ‘Crippled Children’ because my firm was just down the hall. We chatted often about his long career and the hell he went through as a young Marine in the South Pacific. He was a ‘survivor’. I was so happy he finally got to go back to Washington, D.C. with the veterans group and he told me how thrilled he was to ride back with Bob Dole whom he admired. I visited him a number of times when he was in rehab on Edgemoor and he was skipping around and in good spirits and I just assumed he would be with us for a long time down the road. Wally was a dear friend and I will miss him. I am so sorry you lost him. Glenn Glenn D. Young, Jr. of YOUNG, BOGLE, McCAUSLAND, WELLS & BLANCHARD, P.A. 106 W. Douglas, Suite 923 Wichita, KS 67202-3392 Tele: 316-265-7841 Fax: 316-265-3956 Email: g.young@youngboglelaw.com