Reil Walker, daughter of John Warren Hannah (1892-1958) and Viola S. (Courter) Hannah (1870-1950), was a teacher in a one-room school near Newport, Iowa, known as Midway School, when she met and soon married Samuel Nathaniel Walker. She inherited a large family in the process.
Sam was widowed, his wife, Hattie Mae (Moyers) Walker, had died recently, in 1918, leaving him a father of eleven children, many of whom were still quite young. Reil and Sam were married March 27, 1920, at Davenport, Iowa. Reil was only several years older than Sam's oldest daughter, Elsie.
In addition to raising many of the first brood of Sam Walker's chlidren, they would have five children of their own. These included Viola Belle, John Henry, Marjorie Naomi, Robert Charles, and Rosalie Reil Walker.
Rosalie died at age 17 days in 1933. John died in France in 1944.
By the time youngest son, Bob (Robert Charles) Walker, graduated from high school, his father, born in 1869, was aged 80.
Sam and Reil lived on the family farm near Newport until the time of the 1930s Depression which saw them lose the farm and move, as renters, to another north of Morning Sun, Iowa. Later they would retire in the town of Morning Sun. Reil died less than a year after Sam (1958 vs 1957) and was buried alongside him and his first wife, Hattie. The two wives' children numbered sixteen. There were indeed many Walkers!
Reil's birth family consisted of herself and four sisters. A brother died in infancy. She was the oldest child in the family.
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An unknown southeast Iowa newspaper; this was likely the obituary in the Burlington Hawk-Eye Gazette in 1958:
Mrs. (Jennie) Reil Walker, 65, of Morning Sun, died in Burlington hospital Monday, February 17.
Last rites will be conducted at the Presbyterian church of Morning Sun at 2 p.m. Thursday. The Reverend Floyd Bowerman will officiate, and burial will be in Elmwood cemetery, Morning Sun. The body is at the Pierce funeral home, in Morning Sun.
The daughter of John and Viola Couter (sic: Courter) Hannah, Mrs. Walker was born in Henry county on July 20, 1892. The family settled in Morning Sun in 1913, and on March 27, 1920, she was married to Samuel N. Walker. They were married at Davenport. Walker died March 16, 1957. A daughter, Rosalie Walker, died in infancy, and a son, John Walker, was reported missing in action in Germany in World War II.
Surviving are a son and two daughters: Robert Walker, Burlington; Mrs. Viola Van Houten, Corpus Christi, Texas, and Mrs. Marjorie Kimble, Morning Sun. Nine stepchildren also survive. George Walker and Mrs. Myrtle Dotson, both of West Burlington; Clifford Walker and Mrs. Leota Brumm, both of New London; Samuel and William Walker, both of Marion; Mrs. Maude Fortner, Detroit; Elsie Walker, Benton, Arkansas, and Paul Walker, of San Bernardino, California.
Mrs. Walker also leaves 30 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren, and the following sisters: Mrs. Belle Oakley, Morning Sun; Mrs. Bertha McDowell, Mount Pleasant; Mrs. Esther Richardson, Crawfordsville, and Mrs. Mary Higgenbottom, of Alameda, California.
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Morning Sun News-Herald, page 1, February 20, 1958; Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa:
Funeral Services For Mrs. Walker
Mrs. Reil Walker, long-time resident of the Morning Sun community, died Monday, February 17 at Burlington hospital where she had been a patient for about two weeks.
She was the daughter of John and Viola Courier Hannah and was foorn in Henry county, Iowa, on July 20, 1892. She with her parents moved to Morning Sun in 1913.
On March 27, 1920, she was married to Samuel N. Walker at Davenport, Iowa, and since that time had always lived in this community. Preceding Mrs. Walker in death were her husband on March 16, 1957, a son, John Walker, missing m action in Germany during World War II, and an infant daughter, Rosalie.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Viola Van Houten, Corpus Christi, Texas, and Mrs. Marjorie Kimble, Morning Sun and one son, Robert Walker, Burlington. Also surviving are nine stepchildren: Elsie Walker, Benton, Arkansas; George Walker, West Burlington; Mrs. Maude Fortner, Detroit, Michigan; Clifford Walker, New London; Mrs. Myrtle Dotson, West Burlington; Paul Walker, San Bernardino, California; Samuel Walker, Marion, Iowa; William Walker, Marion, Iowa; and Mrs. Leota Brumm, New London. Also surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Mary Hickenbottom, Alameda, California; Mrs. Belle Oakley, Morning Sun; Mrs. Bertha McDowell, Mt. Pleasant; and Mrs. Esther Richardson, Crawfordsville, 30 grandchildren and 28 great grand children.
Funeral services conducted by the Reverend Floyd Bowerman will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the First Presbyterian church with burial to be in ELmwood cemetery.
Sam was widowed, his wife, Hattie Mae (Moyers) Walker, had died recently, in 1918, leaving him a father of eleven children, many of whom were still quite young. Reil and Sam were married March 27, 1920, at Davenport, Iowa. Reil was only several years older than Sam's oldest daughter, Elsie.
In addition to raising many of the first brood of Sam Walker's chlidren, they would have five children of their own. These included Viola Belle, John Henry, Marjorie Naomi, Robert Charles, and Rosalie Reil Walker.
Rosalie died at age 17 days in 1933. John died in France in 1944.
By the time youngest son, Bob (Robert Charles) Walker, graduated from high school, his father, born in 1869, was aged 80.
Sam and Reil lived on the family farm near Newport until the time of the 1930s Depression which saw them lose the farm and move, as renters, to another north of Morning Sun, Iowa. Later they would retire in the town of Morning Sun. Reil died less than a year after Sam (1958 vs 1957) and was buried alongside him and his first wife, Hattie. The two wives' children numbered sixteen. There were indeed many Walkers!
Reil's birth family consisted of herself and four sisters. A brother died in infancy. She was the oldest child in the family.
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An unknown southeast Iowa newspaper; this was likely the obituary in the Burlington Hawk-Eye Gazette in 1958:
Mrs. (Jennie) Reil Walker, 65, of Morning Sun, died in Burlington hospital Monday, February 17.
Last rites will be conducted at the Presbyterian church of Morning Sun at 2 p.m. Thursday. The Reverend Floyd Bowerman will officiate, and burial will be in Elmwood cemetery, Morning Sun. The body is at the Pierce funeral home, in Morning Sun.
The daughter of John and Viola Couter (sic: Courter) Hannah, Mrs. Walker was born in Henry county on July 20, 1892. The family settled in Morning Sun in 1913, and on March 27, 1920, she was married to Samuel N. Walker. They were married at Davenport. Walker died March 16, 1957. A daughter, Rosalie Walker, died in infancy, and a son, John Walker, was reported missing in action in Germany in World War II.
Surviving are a son and two daughters: Robert Walker, Burlington; Mrs. Viola Van Houten, Corpus Christi, Texas, and Mrs. Marjorie Kimble, Morning Sun. Nine stepchildren also survive. George Walker and Mrs. Myrtle Dotson, both of West Burlington; Clifford Walker and Mrs. Leota Brumm, both of New London; Samuel and William Walker, both of Marion; Mrs. Maude Fortner, Detroit; Elsie Walker, Benton, Arkansas, and Paul Walker, of San Bernardino, California.
Mrs. Walker also leaves 30 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren, and the following sisters: Mrs. Belle Oakley, Morning Sun; Mrs. Bertha McDowell, Mount Pleasant; Mrs. Esther Richardson, Crawfordsville, and Mrs. Mary Higgenbottom, of Alameda, California.
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Morning Sun News-Herald, page 1, February 20, 1958; Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa:
Funeral Services For Mrs. Walker
Mrs. Reil Walker, long-time resident of the Morning Sun community, died Monday, February 17 at Burlington hospital where she had been a patient for about two weeks.
She was the daughter of John and Viola Courier Hannah and was foorn in Henry county, Iowa, on July 20, 1892. She with her parents moved to Morning Sun in 1913.
On March 27, 1920, she was married to Samuel N. Walker at Davenport, Iowa, and since that time had always lived in this community. Preceding Mrs. Walker in death were her husband on March 16, 1957, a son, John Walker, missing m action in Germany during World War II, and an infant daughter, Rosalie.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Viola Van Houten, Corpus Christi, Texas, and Mrs. Marjorie Kimble, Morning Sun and one son, Robert Walker, Burlington. Also surviving are nine stepchildren: Elsie Walker, Benton, Arkansas; George Walker, West Burlington; Mrs. Maude Fortner, Detroit, Michigan; Clifford Walker, New London; Mrs. Myrtle Dotson, West Burlington; Paul Walker, San Bernardino, California; Samuel Walker, Marion, Iowa; William Walker, Marion, Iowa; and Mrs. Leota Brumm, New London. Also surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Mary Hickenbottom, Alameda, California; Mrs. Belle Oakley, Morning Sun; Mrs. Bertha McDowell, Mt. Pleasant; and Mrs. Esther Richardson, Crawfordsville, 30 grandchildren and 28 great grand children.
Funeral services conducted by the Reverend Floyd Bowerman will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the First Presbyterian church with burial to be in ELmwood cemetery.
Reil Walker, daughter of John Warren Hannah (1892-1958) and Viola S. (Courter) Hannah (1870-1950), was a teacher in a one-room school near Newport, Iowa, known as Midway School, when she met and soon married Samuel Nathaniel Walker. She inherited a large family in the process.
Sam was widowed, his wife, Hattie Mae (Moyers) Walker, had died recently, in 1918, leaving him a father of eleven children, many of whom were still quite young. Reil and Sam were married March 27, 1920, at Davenport, Iowa. Reil was only several years older than Sam's oldest daughter, Elsie.
In addition to raising many of the first brood of Sam Walker's chlidren, they would have five children of their own. These included Viola Belle, John Henry, Marjorie Naomi, Robert Charles, and Rosalie Reil Walker.
Rosalie died at age 17 days in 1933. John died in France in 1944.
By the time youngest son, Bob (Robert Charles) Walker, graduated from high school, his father, born in 1869, was aged 80.
Sam and Reil lived on the family farm near Newport until the time of the 1930s Depression which saw them lose the farm and move, as renters, to another north of Morning Sun, Iowa. Later they would retire in the town of Morning Sun. Reil died less than a year after Sam (1958 vs 1957) and was buried alongside him and his first wife, Hattie. The two wives' children numbered sixteen. There were indeed many Walkers!
Reil's birth family consisted of herself and four sisters. A brother died in infancy. She was the oldest child in the family.
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An unknown southeast Iowa newspaper; this was likely the obituary in the Burlington Hawk-Eye Gazette in 1958:
Mrs. (Jennie) Reil Walker, 65, of Morning Sun, died in Burlington hospital Monday, February 17.
Last rites will be conducted at the Presbyterian church of Morning Sun at 2 p.m. Thursday. The Reverend Floyd Bowerman will officiate, and burial will be in Elmwood cemetery, Morning Sun. The body is at the Pierce funeral home, in Morning Sun.
The daughter of John and Viola Couter (sic: Courter) Hannah, Mrs. Walker was born in Henry county on July 20, 1892. The family settled in Morning Sun in 1913, and on March 27, 1920, she was married to Samuel N. Walker. They were married at Davenport. Walker died March 16, 1957. A daughter, Rosalie Walker, died in infancy, and a son, John Walker, was reported missing in action in Germany in World War II.
Surviving are a son and two daughters: Robert Walker, Burlington; Mrs. Viola Van Houten, Corpus Christi, Texas, and Mrs. Marjorie Kimble, Morning Sun. Nine stepchildren also survive. George Walker and Mrs. Myrtle Dotson, both of West Burlington; Clifford Walker and Mrs. Leota Brumm, both of New London; Samuel and William Walker, both of Marion; Mrs. Maude Fortner, Detroit; Elsie Walker, Benton, Arkansas, and Paul Walker, of San Bernardino, California.
Mrs. Walker also leaves 30 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren, and the following sisters: Mrs. Belle Oakley, Morning Sun; Mrs. Bertha McDowell, Mount Pleasant; Mrs. Esther Richardson, Crawfordsville, and Mrs. Mary Higgenbottom, of Alameda, California.
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Morning Sun News-Herald, page 1, February 20, 1958; Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa:
Funeral Services For Mrs. Walker
Mrs. Reil Walker, long-time resident of the Morning Sun community, died Monday, February 17 at Burlington hospital where she had been a patient for about two weeks.
She was the daughter of John and Viola Courier Hannah and was foorn in Henry county, Iowa, on July 20, 1892. She with her parents moved to Morning Sun in 1913.
On March 27, 1920, she was married to Samuel N. Walker at Davenport, Iowa, and since that time had always lived in this community. Preceding Mrs. Walker in death were her husband on March 16, 1957, a son, John Walker, missing m action in Germany during World War II, and an infant daughter, Rosalie.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Viola Van Houten, Corpus Christi, Texas, and Mrs. Marjorie Kimble, Morning Sun and one son, Robert Walker, Burlington. Also surviving are nine stepchildren: Elsie Walker, Benton, Arkansas; George Walker, West Burlington; Mrs. Maude Fortner, Detroit, Michigan; Clifford Walker, New London; Mrs. Myrtle Dotson, West Burlington; Paul Walker, San Bernardino, California; Samuel Walker, Marion, Iowa; William Walker, Marion, Iowa; and Mrs. Leota Brumm, New London. Also surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Mary Hickenbottom, Alameda, California; Mrs. Belle Oakley, Morning Sun; Mrs. Bertha McDowell, Mt. Pleasant; and Mrs. Esther Richardson, Crawfordsville, 30 grandchildren and 28 great grand children.
Funeral services conducted by the Reverend Floyd Bowerman will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the First Presbyterian church with burial to be in ELmwood cemetery.
Sam was widowed, his wife, Hattie Mae (Moyers) Walker, had died recently, in 1918, leaving him a father of eleven children, many of whom were still quite young. Reil and Sam were married March 27, 1920, at Davenport, Iowa. Reil was only several years older than Sam's oldest daughter, Elsie.
In addition to raising many of the first brood of Sam Walker's chlidren, they would have five children of their own. These included Viola Belle, John Henry, Marjorie Naomi, Robert Charles, and Rosalie Reil Walker.
Rosalie died at age 17 days in 1933. John died in France in 1944.
By the time youngest son, Bob (Robert Charles) Walker, graduated from high school, his father, born in 1869, was aged 80.
Sam and Reil lived on the family farm near Newport until the time of the 1930s Depression which saw them lose the farm and move, as renters, to another north of Morning Sun, Iowa. Later they would retire in the town of Morning Sun. Reil died less than a year after Sam (1958 vs 1957) and was buried alongside him and his first wife, Hattie. The two wives' children numbered sixteen. There were indeed many Walkers!
Reil's birth family consisted of herself and four sisters. A brother died in infancy. She was the oldest child in the family.
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An unknown southeast Iowa newspaper; this was likely the obituary in the Burlington Hawk-Eye Gazette in 1958:
Mrs. (Jennie) Reil Walker, 65, of Morning Sun, died in Burlington hospital Monday, February 17.
Last rites will be conducted at the Presbyterian church of Morning Sun at 2 p.m. Thursday. The Reverend Floyd Bowerman will officiate, and burial will be in Elmwood cemetery, Morning Sun. The body is at the Pierce funeral home, in Morning Sun.
The daughter of John and Viola Couter (sic: Courter) Hannah, Mrs. Walker was born in Henry county on July 20, 1892. The family settled in Morning Sun in 1913, and on March 27, 1920, she was married to Samuel N. Walker. They were married at Davenport. Walker died March 16, 1957. A daughter, Rosalie Walker, died in infancy, and a son, John Walker, was reported missing in action in Germany in World War II.
Surviving are a son and two daughters: Robert Walker, Burlington; Mrs. Viola Van Houten, Corpus Christi, Texas, and Mrs. Marjorie Kimble, Morning Sun. Nine stepchildren also survive. George Walker and Mrs. Myrtle Dotson, both of West Burlington; Clifford Walker and Mrs. Leota Brumm, both of New London; Samuel and William Walker, both of Marion; Mrs. Maude Fortner, Detroit; Elsie Walker, Benton, Arkansas, and Paul Walker, of San Bernardino, California.
Mrs. Walker also leaves 30 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren, and the following sisters: Mrs. Belle Oakley, Morning Sun; Mrs. Bertha McDowell, Mount Pleasant; Mrs. Esther Richardson, Crawfordsville, and Mrs. Mary Higgenbottom, of Alameda, California.
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Morning Sun News-Herald, page 1, February 20, 1958; Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa:
Funeral Services For Mrs. Walker
Mrs. Reil Walker, long-time resident of the Morning Sun community, died Monday, February 17 at Burlington hospital where she had been a patient for about two weeks.
She was the daughter of John and Viola Courier Hannah and was foorn in Henry county, Iowa, on July 20, 1892. She with her parents moved to Morning Sun in 1913.
On March 27, 1920, she was married to Samuel N. Walker at Davenport, Iowa, and since that time had always lived in this community. Preceding Mrs. Walker in death were her husband on March 16, 1957, a son, John Walker, missing m action in Germany during World War II, and an infant daughter, Rosalie.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Viola Van Houten, Corpus Christi, Texas, and Mrs. Marjorie Kimble, Morning Sun and one son, Robert Walker, Burlington. Also surviving are nine stepchildren: Elsie Walker, Benton, Arkansas; George Walker, West Burlington; Mrs. Maude Fortner, Detroit, Michigan; Clifford Walker, New London; Mrs. Myrtle Dotson, West Burlington; Paul Walker, San Bernardino, California; Samuel Walker, Marion, Iowa; William Walker, Marion, Iowa; and Mrs. Leota Brumm, New London. Also surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Mary Hickenbottom, Alameda, California; Mrs. Belle Oakley, Morning Sun; Mrs. Bertha McDowell, Mt. Pleasant; and Mrs. Esther Richardson, Crawfordsville, 30 grandchildren and 28 great grand children.
Funeral services conducted by the Reverend Floyd Bowerman will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the First Presbyterian church with burial to be in ELmwood cemetery.
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