Thomas Walker was the fourth child of Charles Pearsey Walker (1843-1922) and Ruth Ellen (Fox) Walker (1851-1889). He never married, helped take care of his father in his elderly years, and lived simply without many modern conveniences for most of his life on farmland that had been his father's.
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Muscatine Journal, page 14, November 27, 1968; Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa:
Morning Sun (IA) -- Thomas Walker, 91, of Morning Sun, died Tuesday at the Wapello Nursing Home.
A son of Charles P. and Ruth Ellen Fox Walker, he was born November 2, 1877, on a farm near New London, in Henry County.
Mr. Walker, farmed most of his life near Morning Sun.
One brother, James G. Walker, of Mount Pleasant, survives; also several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Pierce Funeral Home, Morning Sun. Reverend Frank Greenwood will officiate. Burial will be in Bethel cemetery, Wapello.
The body is at the Pierce Funeral home where friends may call at any time.
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Funeral Program:
In Memory of THOMAS WALKER
Born November 2, 1877
Died November 26, 1968
Age 91 Years, 24 Days
Time and Place of Services:
Friday, November 29, 1968, 2 p.m.
Pierce Funeral Home, Morning Sun, Iowa
Minister: Reverend Frank Greenwood
Interment: Bethel Cemetery, Wapello, Iowa
Arrangements By: Pierce Funeral Home
Pallbearers: Sam Walker, William Walker, George Walker, Frank Walker, Earl Walker, Ted Dotson
Organist: Mrs. Geneva Samuels
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Muscatine Journal, page 14, November 27, 1968; Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa:
Morning Sun (IA) -- Thomas Walker, 91, of Morning Sun, died Tuesday at the Wapello Nursing Home.
A son of Charles P. and Ruth Ellen Fox Walker, he was born November 2, 1877, on a farm near New London, in Henry County.
Mr. Walker, farmed most of his life near Morning Sun.
One brother, James G. Walker, of Mount Pleasant, survives; also several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Pierce Funeral Home, Morning Sun. Reverend Frank Greenwood will officiate. Burial will be in Bethel cemetery, Wapello.
The body is at the Pierce Funeral home where friends may call at any time.
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Funeral Program:
In Memory of THOMAS WALKER
Born November 2, 1877
Died November 26, 1968
Age 91 Years, 24 Days
Time and Place of Services:
Friday, November 29, 1968, 2 p.m.
Pierce Funeral Home, Morning Sun, Iowa
Minister: Reverend Frank Greenwood
Interment: Bethel Cemetery, Wapello, Iowa
Arrangements By: Pierce Funeral Home
Pallbearers: Sam Walker, William Walker, George Walker, Frank Walker, Earl Walker, Ted Dotson
Organist: Mrs. Geneva Samuels
Thomas Walker was the fourth child of Charles Pearsey Walker (1843-1922) and Ruth Ellen (Fox) Walker (1851-1889). He never married, helped take care of his father in his elderly years, and lived simply without many modern conveniences for most of his life on farmland that had been his father's.
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Muscatine Journal, page 14, November 27, 1968; Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa:
Morning Sun (IA) -- Thomas Walker, 91, of Morning Sun, died Tuesday at the Wapello Nursing Home.
A son of Charles P. and Ruth Ellen Fox Walker, he was born November 2, 1877, on a farm near New London, in Henry County.
Mr. Walker, farmed most of his life near Morning Sun.
One brother, James G. Walker, of Mount Pleasant, survives; also several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Pierce Funeral Home, Morning Sun. Reverend Frank Greenwood will officiate. Burial will be in Bethel cemetery, Wapello.
The body is at the Pierce Funeral home where friends may call at any time.
***
Funeral Program:
In Memory of THOMAS WALKER
Born November 2, 1877
Died November 26, 1968
Age 91 Years, 24 Days
Time and Place of Services:
Friday, November 29, 1968, 2 p.m.
Pierce Funeral Home, Morning Sun, Iowa
Minister: Reverend Frank Greenwood
Interment: Bethel Cemetery, Wapello, Iowa
Arrangements By: Pierce Funeral Home
Pallbearers: Sam Walker, William Walker, George Walker, Frank Walker, Earl Walker, Ted Dotson
Organist: Mrs. Geneva Samuels
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Muscatine Journal, page 14, November 27, 1968; Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa:
Morning Sun (IA) -- Thomas Walker, 91, of Morning Sun, died Tuesday at the Wapello Nursing Home.
A son of Charles P. and Ruth Ellen Fox Walker, he was born November 2, 1877, on a farm near New London, in Henry County.
Mr. Walker, farmed most of his life near Morning Sun.
One brother, James G. Walker, of Mount Pleasant, survives; also several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Pierce Funeral Home, Morning Sun. Reverend Frank Greenwood will officiate. Burial will be in Bethel cemetery, Wapello.
The body is at the Pierce Funeral home where friends may call at any time.
***
Funeral Program:
In Memory of THOMAS WALKER
Born November 2, 1877
Died November 26, 1968
Age 91 Years, 24 Days
Time and Place of Services:
Friday, November 29, 1968, 2 p.m.
Pierce Funeral Home, Morning Sun, Iowa
Minister: Reverend Frank Greenwood
Interment: Bethel Cemetery, Wapello, Iowa
Arrangements By: Pierce Funeral Home
Pallbearers: Sam Walker, William Walker, George Walker, Frank Walker, Earl Walker, Ted Dotson
Organist: Mrs. Geneva Samuels
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Thomas Walker, November 2, 1877 - November 26, 1968
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