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Allan Wolter Obituary
PEORIA - Allan B. Wolter, OFM, 92, of Springfield, formerly of Peoria, died on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2006, at St. John's Hospice in Springfield, Ill.
Born on Nov. 24, 1913, in Peoria, Ill., he was the son Bernard and Mary Ann (Strub) Wolter.
He is survived by several nieces and nephews.
He was a member of the St. Louis-Chicago Franciscan Province of the Sacred Heart, philosopher, and Scotus scholar par excellence, had enjoyed a lengthy and illustrious career as a professor of philosophy for more than two decades at the Catholic University of America in the nation's capital.
As a visiting professor, he gave courses in medieval philosophy at Princeton, the University of Michigan, New York University and the University of California at Los Angeles, where he was involved in research at the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, especially on the thought and influence of John Duns Scotus in the church.
Services will be Monday, Nov. 20, 2006, with morning prayer at 8:30 a.m. and a Mass of Resurrection at 10:30 a.m. at Villa West Chapel in Sherman, Ill. Interment will be at St. Peter and Paul Cemetery in St. Louis, Mo. Staab Funeral Home in Springfield is in charge of arrangements.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Marian Frank; and one brother, Fr. Martin Wolter, OFM.
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