Family in limbo as Marble Falls bakery owners remain ‘stuck’ in France

MARBLE FALLS — The future is uncertain for two brothers who help at their parents’ Marble Falls bakery after U.S. officials barred the French couple from returning to Texas a few weeks ago.

The bakery has been shuttered since May, leaving 22-year-old Ken Walter, who attends Northwood University in Dallas, wondering what the days ahead hold for his family, now on opposite sides of the planet.

PHOTO: Ken (left) and Lee Walter, sons of Fleur de Ble bakery owners Jean-Claude and Beatrice Walter, await word from the U.S. Embassy about the status of their parents’ return to Marble Falls. Immigration officials denied the business owners’ request to renew their work visa, calling the French bakery a ‘marginal enterprise,’ the sons said. The move has put the family’s livelihood in limbo, they add. Staff photo by Connie Swinney