Walter Mau,

Cobleskill- Walter G. Mau, Jr., 80, of Mineral Springs Road, died Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown.

Born July 12, 1933 in Cobleskill, he was a son of Mabel (Wilday) and Walter G. Mau, Sr. A lifelong area resident, Walter graduated from Middleburgh Central School in 1951.

Walter retired from General Electric where he was a manufacturing engineer for thirty-three years. He had also been a farmer for several years.

He was a member of the Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church in Central Bridge, where he devoted many hours on the church council. Walter was also a member of the Free & Accepted Masons Lodge #394 in Cobleskill and served as past treasurer, and was an active member of Habitat for Humanity, assisting in building three homes.

Survivors include his wife: Patricia (Thorington) Mau, whom he married May 29, 1954; four children: Barbara (Anthony) Kossmann of Altamont, Steven Mau of Seattle, WA, Mark (Jeanne) Mau of Cobleskill, and Matthew (Lisa) Mau of Scotia; two brothers: Herman Mau of Schenectady, and Henry Mau of Cobleskill; and six grandchildren: Michelle (Kevin) Mara of NY City, Nickolas Kossmann of Altamont, Gretchen, Analiese, and Warren Mau all of Cobleskill, and Joshua Mau of Scotia.

A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, October 19, 2013 at Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church, Central Bridge, with Rev. Steffen Zehrfus officiating. A period of visitation will be held from 6-8 PM on Friday, at Mereness-Putnam Funeral Home, 171 Elm St., Cobleskill. A Masonic service will be held at 7 PM on Friday at the funeral home. Cremation will follow the funeral service and private inurnment will be in Zion Rural Cemetery, Seward, NY.

Memorial contributions may be made to Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church, PO Box 273, Central Bridge, NY 12035.