WILLIAM H. WALKER
William H. Walker, 59, of 1310A South 21st St., Manitowoc, president and owner
of the Molded Rubber Products Company, Manitowoc, and a consultant for the
Electric Boat Company at the shipyards during the last war, died Saturday
morning at the Holy Family Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Pfeffer Funeral Home,
Manitowoc. The Rev. A. C. Fischer will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Mr. Walker was born in Greenock, Scotland, in 1893 and in 1922 came to this
country, locating at New London, Conn., with the Electric Boat Company.
When the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company was awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy
to build a fleet of submarines during the last war he came to Manitowoc in 1941
as a consultant on installation of machinery in the undersea craft.
He remained on in Manitowoc and in 1948 formed his own company, the Molded
Rubber Products Company.
Mr. Walker was a member of the Masonic Order and only this week transferred his
membership in the Elks lodge at New London to the Manitowoc lodge.
In 1942 he married Miss Elsie Schadeberg of Manitowoc. She survives with a son,
William Jr., brother, Hugh of London, England; two sisters, Mrs. Hugh Crawford
and Miss Mary of Scotland, and his mother.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Sunday. There will be Masonic
rites at the grave.
Manitowoc Herald Times, May 10, 1952 P. 2
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[bur. 05-12-1952/age 59 yrs.]
William H. Walker, 59, of 1310A South 21st St., Manitowoc, president and owner
of the Molded Rubber Products Company, Manitowoc, and a consultant for the
Electric Boat Company at the shipyards during the last war, died Saturday
morning at the Holy Family Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Pfeffer Funeral Home,
Manitowoc. The Rev. A. C. Fischer will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Mr. Walker was born in Greenock, Scotland, in 1893 and in 1922 came to this
country, locating at New London, Conn., with the Electric Boat Company.
When the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company was awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy
to build a fleet of submarines during the last war he came to Manitowoc in 1941
as a consultant on installation of machinery in the undersea craft.
He remained on in Manitowoc and in 1948 formed his own company, the Molded
Rubber Products Company.
Mr. Walker was a member of the Masonic Order and only this week transferred his
membership in the Elks lodge at New London to the Manitowoc lodge.
In 1942 he married Miss Elsie Schadeberg of Manitowoc. She survives with a son,
William Jr., brother, Hugh of London, England; two sisters, Mrs. Hugh Crawford
and Miss Mary of Scotland, and his mother.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Sunday. There will be Masonic
rites at the grave.
Manitowoc Herald Times, May 10, 1952 P. 2
*******
[bur. 05-12-1952/age 59 yrs.]
WILLIAM H. WALKER
William H. Walker, 59, of 1310A South 21st St., Manitowoc, president and owner
of the Molded Rubber Products Company, Manitowoc, and a consultant for the
Electric Boat Company at the shipyards during the last war, died Saturday
morning at the Holy Family Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Pfeffer Funeral Home,
Manitowoc. The Rev. A. C. Fischer will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Mr. Walker was born in Greenock, Scotland, in 1893 and in 1922 came to this
country, locating at New London, Conn., with the Electric Boat Company.
When the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company was awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy
to build a fleet of submarines during the last war he came to Manitowoc in 1941
as a consultant on installation of machinery in the undersea craft.
He remained on in Manitowoc and in 1948 formed his own company, the Molded
Rubber Products Company.
Mr. Walker was a member of the Masonic Order and only this week transferred his
membership in the Elks lodge at New London to the Manitowoc lodge.
In 1942 he married Miss Elsie Schadeberg of Manitowoc. She survives with a son,
William Jr., brother, Hugh of London, England; two sisters, Mrs. Hugh Crawford
and Miss Mary of Scotland, and his mother.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Sunday. There will be Masonic
rites at the grave.
Manitowoc Herald Times, May 10, 1952 P. 2
*******
[bur. 05-12-1952/age 59 yrs.]
William H. Walker, 59, of 1310A South 21st St., Manitowoc, president and owner
of the Molded Rubber Products Company, Manitowoc, and a consultant for the
Electric Boat Company at the shipyards during the last war, died Saturday
morning at the Holy Family Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Pfeffer Funeral Home,
Manitowoc. The Rev. A. C. Fischer will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Mr. Walker was born in Greenock, Scotland, in 1893 and in 1922 came to this
country, locating at New London, Conn., with the Electric Boat Company.
When the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company was awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy
to build a fleet of submarines during the last war he came to Manitowoc in 1941
as a consultant on installation of machinery in the undersea craft.
He remained on in Manitowoc and in 1948 formed his own company, the Molded
Rubber Products Company.
Mr. Walker was a member of the Masonic Order and only this week transferred his
membership in the Elks lodge at New London to the Manitowoc lodge.
In 1942 he married Miss Elsie Schadeberg of Manitowoc. She survives with a son,
William Jr., brother, Hugh of London, England; two sisters, Mrs. Hugh Crawford
and Miss Mary of Scotland, and his mother.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Sunday. There will be Masonic
rites at the grave.
Manitowoc Herald Times, May 10, 1952 P. 2
*******
[bur. 05-12-1952/age 59 yrs.]
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