Lydia Rose Hitchcock Walker: 1937-2015
On September 29, 2015, Lydia Rose Hitchcock Walker, of Berkeley Springs, WV, breathed her last breath. Having spent weeks gathering her extended family of blood and heart, Lydia charged them with one task:
Go and do your work in the world. Be an Earth-keeper.
Be kind to yourself, to others and to the planet.
Her mission completed on this Earth, she has moved on to her next assignment, better pay, benefits and freedom to travel. We fully expect great things from her.
Her time on this earth began as a baby, as most of us do, in Johnson City, NY, on September 2nd 1937. Her mother Margaret Natalie Hitchcock Walker and father, John William Walker, were thrilled to raise her, as well as her little sister, Violet Walker, who later arrived.
Lydia then did what girls of her time did: She got an education, got married and raised her five children, Brice Williams, Colin Williams, Margaret Williams Griffiths, Amy Paul and Nathan Savasten. They then married and produced seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Having discovered the joys of being a Mother, she picked up her family and firmly planted them in beautiful West Virginia, where she taught and mentored them and their friends, whom she adopted as her own, about the planet, kindness, gratitude, and love. At her home Iris Mountain, she tended gardens, loved her companions and built a sacred space for herself and those she loved. She treasured the tea parties, the nature walks, the work parties, the ceremonies and time spent with her beloved. Awakening each morning she would read this prayer:
I arise today
Through the strength of Heaven,
Light of Sun,
Radiance of Moon,
Splendor of Fire,
Speed of Lightening,
Depth of Sea,
Stability of Earth,
Firmness of Rock.
Ancient Celtic Christian Prayer
Lydia devoted her life to caring for others and teaching people to care for one another and the planet we live on. Her many facets include her work with the Presbyterian Church both as a Musical Director and as a member of the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance Team, The Church of the Brethren Disaster Child Care as Director, Child Care in Aviation Incident Response team in coordination with Red Cross and FEMA, a thriving Counseling Practice as a Licensed Professional Counselor, Artistic Director of the Living Springs Choral and The Community Choir INC., a founding member of The Association for Creative Change, The National Training Center and as an organist in several Methodist churches. She led Sacred Circles, Women’s Rites, Sweat Lodge Ceremonies’, Healing circles, Supervision groups, workshops, conferences and countless other activities to numerous to count. Those of you who knew and love Lydia will know that the above list is only a bare minimum of what she did and what she is to others.
Services will be held at the Berkeley Springs Presbyterian Church on October 4th at 2pm. A reception will follow. A Memorial Service is being planned for the weekend of November 21-22. More information will follow as we have it. In lieu of flowers please send donations to The Nature Conservancy, Green America, The Musella Foundation for Brain Tumor Research and Information or The Presbyterian Disaster Assistance.
Arrangements by Helsley-Johnson Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 95 Union Street, Berkeley Springs, WV.
On September 29, 2015, Lydia Rose Hitchcock Walker, of Berkeley Springs, WV, breathed her last breath. Having spent weeks gathering her extended family of blood and heart, Lydia charged them with one task:
Go and do your work in the world. Be an Earth-keeper.
Be kind to yourself, to others and to the planet.
Her mission completed on this Earth, she has moved on to her next assignment, better pay, benefits and freedom to travel. We fully expect great things from her.
Her time on this earth began as a baby, as most of us do, in Johnson City, NY, on September 2nd 1937. Her mother Margaret Natalie Hitchcock Walker and father, John William Walker, were thrilled to raise her, as well as her little sister, Violet Walker, who later arrived.
Lydia then did what girls of her time did: She got an education, got married and raised her five children, Brice Williams, Colin Williams, Margaret Williams Griffiths, Amy Paul and Nathan Savasten. They then married and produced seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Having discovered the joys of being a Mother, she picked up her family and firmly planted them in beautiful West Virginia, where she taught and mentored them and their friends, whom she adopted as her own, about the planet, kindness, gratitude, and love. At her home Iris Mountain, she tended gardens, loved her companions and built a sacred space for herself and those she loved. She treasured the tea parties, the nature walks, the work parties, the ceremonies and time spent with her beloved. Awakening each morning she would read this prayer:
I arise today
Through the strength of Heaven,
Light of Sun,
Radiance of Moon,
Splendor of Fire,
Speed of Lightening,
Depth of Sea,
Stability of Earth,
Firmness of Rock.
Ancient Celtic Christian Prayer
Lydia devoted her life to caring for others and teaching people to care for one another and the planet we live on. Her many facets include her work with the Presbyterian Church both as a Musical Director and as a member of the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance Team, The Church of the Brethren Disaster Child Care as Director, Child Care in Aviation Incident Response team in coordination with Red Cross and FEMA, a thriving Counseling Practice as a Licensed Professional Counselor, Artistic Director of the Living Springs Choral and The Community Choir INC., a founding member of The Association for Creative Change, The National Training Center and as an organist in several Methodist churches. She led Sacred Circles, Women’s Rites, Sweat Lodge Ceremonies’, Healing circles, Supervision groups, workshops, conferences and countless other activities to numerous to count. Those of you who knew and love Lydia will know that the above list is only a bare minimum of what she did and what she is to others.
Services will be held at the Berkeley Springs Presbyterian Church on October 4th at 2pm. A reception will follow. A Memorial Service is being planned for the weekend of November 21-22. More information will follow as we have it. In lieu of flowers please send donations to The Nature Conservancy, Green America, The Musella Foundation for Brain Tumor Research and Information or The Presbyterian Disaster Assistance.
Arrangements by Helsley-Johnson Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 95 Union Street, Berkeley Springs, WV.
Lydia Rose Hitchcock Walker: 1937-2015
On September 29, 2015, Lydia Rose Hitchcock Walker, of Berkeley Springs, WV, breathed her last breath. Having spent weeks gathering her extended family of blood and heart, Lydia charged them with one task:
Go and do your work in the world. Be an Earth-keeper.
Be kind to yourself, to others and to the planet.
Her mission completed on this Earth, she has moved on to her next assignment, better pay, benefits and freedom to travel. We fully expect great things from her.
Her time on this earth began as a baby, as most of us do, in Johnson City, NY, on September 2nd 1937. Her mother Margaret Natalie Hitchcock Walker and father, John William Walker, were thrilled to raise her, as well as her little sister, Violet Walker, who later arrived.
Lydia then did what girls of her time did: She got an education, got married and raised her five children, Brice Williams, Colin Williams, Margaret Williams Griffiths, Amy Paul and Nathan Savasten. They then married and produced seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Having discovered the joys of being a Mother, she picked up her family and firmly planted them in beautiful West Virginia, where she taught and mentored them and their friends, whom she adopted as her own, about the planet, kindness, gratitude, and love. At her home Iris Mountain, she tended gardens, loved her companions and built a sacred space for herself and those she loved. She treasured the tea parties, the nature walks, the work parties, the ceremonies and time spent with her beloved. Awakening each morning she would read this prayer:
I arise today
Through the strength of Heaven,
Light of Sun,
Radiance of Moon,
Splendor of Fire,
Speed of Lightening,
Depth of Sea,
Stability of Earth,
Firmness of Rock.
Ancient Celtic Christian Prayer
Lydia devoted her life to caring for others and teaching people to care for one another and the planet we live on. Her many facets include her work with the Presbyterian Church both as a Musical Director and as a member of the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance Team, The Church of the Brethren Disaster Child Care as Director, Child Care in Aviation Incident Response team in coordination with Red Cross and FEMA, a thriving Counseling Practice as a Licensed Professional Counselor, Artistic Director of the Living Springs Choral and The Community Choir INC., a founding member of The Association for Creative Change, The National Training Center and as an organist in several Methodist churches. She led Sacred Circles, Women’s Rites, Sweat Lodge Ceremonies’, Healing circles, Supervision groups, workshops, conferences and countless other activities to numerous to count. Those of you who knew and love Lydia will know that the above list is only a bare minimum of what she did and what she is to others.
Services will be held at the Berkeley Springs Presbyterian Church on October 4th at 2pm. A reception will follow. A Memorial Service is being planned for the weekend of November 21-22. More information will follow as we have it. In lieu of flowers please send donations to The Nature Conservancy, Green America, The Musella Foundation for Brain Tumor Research and Information or The Presbyterian Disaster Assistance.
Arrangements by Helsley-Johnson Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 95 Union Street, Berkeley Springs, WV.
On September 29, 2015, Lydia Rose Hitchcock Walker, of Berkeley Springs, WV, breathed her last breath. Having spent weeks gathering her extended family of blood and heart, Lydia charged them with one task:
Go and do your work in the world. Be an Earth-keeper.
Be kind to yourself, to others and to the planet.
Her mission completed on this Earth, she has moved on to her next assignment, better pay, benefits and freedom to travel. We fully expect great things from her.
Her time on this earth began as a baby, as most of us do, in Johnson City, NY, on September 2nd 1937. Her mother Margaret Natalie Hitchcock Walker and father, John William Walker, were thrilled to raise her, as well as her little sister, Violet Walker, who later arrived.
Lydia then did what girls of her time did: She got an education, got married and raised her five children, Brice Williams, Colin Williams, Margaret Williams Griffiths, Amy Paul and Nathan Savasten. They then married and produced seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Having discovered the joys of being a Mother, she picked up her family and firmly planted them in beautiful West Virginia, where she taught and mentored them and their friends, whom she adopted as her own, about the planet, kindness, gratitude, and love. At her home Iris Mountain, she tended gardens, loved her companions and built a sacred space for herself and those she loved. She treasured the tea parties, the nature walks, the work parties, the ceremonies and time spent with her beloved. Awakening each morning she would read this prayer:
I arise today
Through the strength of Heaven,
Light of Sun,
Radiance of Moon,
Splendor of Fire,
Speed of Lightening,
Depth of Sea,
Stability of Earth,
Firmness of Rock.
Ancient Celtic Christian Prayer
Lydia devoted her life to caring for others and teaching people to care for one another and the planet we live on. Her many facets include her work with the Presbyterian Church both as a Musical Director and as a member of the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance Team, The Church of the Brethren Disaster Child Care as Director, Child Care in Aviation Incident Response team in coordination with Red Cross and FEMA, a thriving Counseling Practice as a Licensed Professional Counselor, Artistic Director of the Living Springs Choral and The Community Choir INC., a founding member of The Association for Creative Change, The National Training Center and as an organist in several Methodist churches. She led Sacred Circles, Women’s Rites, Sweat Lodge Ceremonies’, Healing circles, Supervision groups, workshops, conferences and countless other activities to numerous to count. Those of you who knew and love Lydia will know that the above list is only a bare minimum of what she did and what she is to others.
Services will be held at the Berkeley Springs Presbyterian Church on October 4th at 2pm. A reception will follow. A Memorial Service is being planned for the weekend of November 21-22. More information will follow as we have it. In lieu of flowers please send donations to The Nature Conservancy, Green America, The Musella Foundation for Brain Tumor Research and Information or The Presbyterian Disaster Assistance.
Arrangements by Helsley-Johnson Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 95 Union Street, Berkeley Springs, WV.
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