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|birth_date=December 1925

|birth_date=December 1925

|birth_place=Nanticoke, Berks County, [[Pennsylvania]]

|birth_place=Nanticoke, Berks County, [[Pennsylvania]]

|spouse=Jerry Catron Ichter (married 1949)

|spouse=Jerry Catron Ichter (married 1949-2018, her death)

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

|religion=[[Baptist]] [[clergy]]man from [[Minden, Louisiana]]

|religion=[[Baptist]] [[clergy]]man from [[Minden, Louisiana]]

Ichter returned to Louisiana from Brazil in 1990. In recent years, he has resided in [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in  Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana, where he is active in the First Baptist Church and has been a hospital chaplain.<ref name=familysearch/> On [[Veterans Day]] 2014, his adopted city of Minden observed "Bill Ichter Day," proclaimed by Mayor Marvin T. "Tommy" Davis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press-herald.com/rev-bill-itcher-saluted-veterans-day/|title=Rev. Bill Ichter saluted on Veterans Day|author=Bonnie Culverhouse|publisher=''Minden Press-Herald''|date=October 15, 2014|accessdate=March 19, 2017}}</ref> In the ceremony, Ichter received from the French consul the Legion of Honor medal, the highest award by that nation. He had also won a [[Bronze Star]] during the war. His name was the first to be placed on the Wall of Honor at Minden's Veterans Flag Memorial. The South Webster [[Chamber of Commerce]] awarded him  its "Lifetime Achievement Award."<ref name=bio>"Bill Ichter ('49): Music Missionary to Brazil, ''Columns: The Magazine for Louisiana College Alumni and Friends'', Winter 2016, p. 22.</ref>

Ichter returned to Louisiana from Brazil in 1990. In recent years, he has resided in [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in  Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana, where he is active in the First Baptist Church and has been a hospital chaplain.<ref name=familysearch/> On [[Veterans Day]] 2014, his adopted city of Minden observed "Bill Ichter Day," proclaimed by Mayor Marvin T. "Tommy" Davis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press-herald.com/rev-bill-itcher-saluted-veterans-day/|title=Rev. Bill Ichter saluted on Veterans Day|author=Bonnie Culverhouse|publisher=''Minden Press-Herald''|date=October 15, 2014|accessdate=March 19, 2017}}</ref> In the ceremony, Ichter received from the French consul the Legion of Honor medal, the highest award by that nation. He had also won a [[Bronze Star]] during the war. His name was the first to be placed on the Wall of Honor at Minden's Veterans Flag Memorial. The South Webster [[Chamber of Commerce]] awarded him  its "Lifetime Achievement Award."<ref name=bio>"Bill Ichter ('49): Music Missionary to Brazil, ''Columns: The Magazine for Louisiana College Alumni and Friends'', Winter 2016, p. 22.</ref>

Ichter and his wife, the former Jerry Catron (born June 1930), wed in 1949 and have four children.<ref name=familysearch/>  

Ichter and his wife, the former Jerry Catron (1930-2018), wed in 1949. There are four Ichter children.<ref name=familysearch/>  

Mrs. Ichter is a daughter of businessman Alonzo Brown Catron (1897-1984) and the former Luta Edmonson (1904-1999), who are interred at the New Forest Cemetery in the village of Forest near Oak Grove in West Carroll Parish in northeastern Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Catron&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=47197320&df=all&|title=Alonzo Brown Catron|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=March 21, 2017}}</ref> The Ichters' daughter and son-in-law, Alana (born May 1950) and Ronald W. Greenwich (born July 1948), also reside in Minden.<ref name=bio/> A son, Carlos Leslyn Ichter (born c. 1960), is the minister of music at the Tallowood Baptist Church in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas, and is a music graduate of Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in [[Fort Worth]], Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tallowood.org/carlos-ichter/|title=Carlos Ichter|publisehr=tallowood.org|accessdate=March 19, 2017}}</ref>

Mrs. Ichter is a daughter of businessman Alonzo Brown Catron (1897-1984) and the former Luta Edmonson (1904-1999), who are interred at the New Forest Cemetery in the village of Forest near Oak Grove in West Carroll Parish in northeastern Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Catron&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=47197320&df=all&|title=Alonzo Brown Catron|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=March 21, 2017}}</ref> The Ichters' daughter and son-in-law, Alana (born May 1950) and Ronald W. Greenwich (born July 1948), also reside in Minden.<ref name=bio/> A son, Carlos Leslyn Ichter (born c. 1960), is the minister of music at the Tallowood Baptist Church in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas, and is a music graduate of Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in [[Fort Worth]], Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tallowood.org/carlos-ichter/|title=Carlos Ichter|publisehr=tallowood.org|accessdate=March 19, 2017}}</ref>

Ichter said that one "cannot live a good or meaningful life without [[God]] in your life. Louisiana College taught me how to live and not just how to make a living."<ref name=bio/>

Ichter said that one "cannot live a good or meaningful life without [[God]] in your life. Louisiana College taught me how to live and not just how to make a living."<ref name=bio/>

On June 22, 2018, Ichter suffered a fractured hip in a household fall; he is recovering.

On June 22, 2018, Ichter suffered a fractured hip in a household fall; he is recovering. On September 19, Mrs. Ichter died peacefully in her sleep.

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