Walter Nicholas Zorica, of Chesterfield, Missouri passed away on Sunday, October 10, 2021 in Chesterfield, Missouri. Services will be held at 10:30am on Saturday, November 6, 2021 at the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in O'Fallon, Missouri. Arrangements are by Baue Funeral Home and Crematory at 311 Wood St., O'Fallon, MO 63366.
Walter was born in Donora, Pennsylvania to Nicholas and Irene Zorica on May 13, 1928. He married Martha B. Zinda on June 27, 1953 in St. Casimir's Church in Kulpmont, Pennsylvania. He lived in Middletown, Pennsylvania for twelve years prior to moving to Missouri. He was a loving father and husband and raised two children. He is preceded in death by his wife Martha, his great grandson Thomas Elliott, his brothers Frank and Tony Zorica, and his sister Irene Lake. Walter is survived by his daughter Kathleen Zorica, his son Joseph Zorica and his daughter-in-law Kristen, his grandchildren Paul (Joelle) Elliott, Adam (Tera) Elliott, Lauren (Steve) Zorica-Geiger and Nicholas (Brittany) Zorica, and his great-grandchildren Kellan Zorica, Kinsley Zorica, Serena Zorica-Geiger, Claire Elliott, Vincent Elliott, Colin Elliott, Jerome Elliott and Marie Elliott, sister-in-law, Stella Chesney and several nieces, nephews and their children.
The Zorica family asks that those in attendance wear masks at Walter’s service.