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In 1990, Ichter returned to Louisiana from Brazil. 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]] [[Tommy Davis|Marvin Thomas "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>

In 1990, Ichter returned to Louisiana from Brazil. 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]] [[Tommy Davis|Marvin Thomas "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 (1930-2018), wed in 1949.<ref name=familysearch/> She was 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> Mrs. Ichter graduated from Forest High School and studied secretarial science at Louisiana College, where she met her husband. Her older sister, Patricia "Pat" Catron de Pingré, of Irving, [[Texas]],<ref name=mrsichterdeath/> is the widow of Major Louis de Pingré (1928-2007), a Minden businessman, former journalist, and historian of the First Baptist Church of Minden.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54133974/major-louis-de_pingre|title=Major Louis de Pingré|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 22, 2018}}</ref>

Ichter and his wife, the former Jerry Catron (1930-2018), wed in 1949.<ref name=familysearch/> She was 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> Mrs. Ichter graduated from Forest High School and studied secretarial science at Louisiana College, where she met her husband. Her older sister, Patricia "Pat" Catron de Pingré, of Irving, [[Texas]],<ref name=mrsichterdeath/> is the widow of Major Louis de Pingré (1928-2007), a Minden businessman, former journalist, and historian of the First Baptist Church of Minden.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54133974/major-louis-de_pingre|title=Major Louis de Pingré|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 22, 2018}}</ref>

Ichter remarked 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 remarked 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 October 1, 2019, Louisiana College established the Bill and Jerry Ichter Scholarship in memory of the couple.

On October 1, 2019, the Ark La Tex Alumni Association at Louisiana College established the Bill and Jerry Ichter Scholarship in memory of the couple.

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