John Rudolph Walther, 94, of Lake Charles died Saturday, May 8, 2021.

He was a parishioner of St. Theodore Catholic Church in Moss Bluff. Prior to his wife’s death, he was a member of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church in Hackberry and a member of the St. Peter choir and served on the parish council. He was a Scout Master with Boy Scouts of America. He belonged to the Numismatic Club for many years, was involved with Calcasieu Council on Aging, a CASA volunteer, a Board member for many years for Water Works District #1 – Ward 1 for Moss Bluff-Gillis, and was involved with the development of the Creole Nature Trail and the Cameron Creole Watershed Project. He worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for 42 years, retiring in November of 1990. He was the manager of Sabine National Wildlife Refuge for 28 years. He was also on the Moss Bluff Senior Center Board. He volunteered at the Moss Bluff Library and worked with Calcasieu RSVP Volunteer organization. John was a United States Army Veteran and served in WWII.

Survivors include his daughters, Margaret and Gabriel Canizares, Catherine and Michael Montgomery, Dorothy and Orin Ortego, Anita Walther, and Cecilia and Toby Richmond; son, David and Marie Walther; 18 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Rudolph Herman Walther and Viola Ruth Leekley Walther; wife, Rita Cecelia Florane Walther; and son Patrick Walther.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at St. Theodore Catholic Church. Burial was at Hackberry Cemetery under the direction of Johnson Funeral Home.