Helen A. "O'Neal" Walker was born August 2, 1900 on a farm in High Creek, Fremont County, Iowa to the union of Samuel O.D. O'Neal and Ida May (Angel) O'Neal and peacefully passed away on March 30, 1999 at her home in Matteson, Illinois with her family in attendance.
She attended Bartlett School near Tarkio, then received her teaching certificate from Maryville State Teachers College, Maryville, MO. She taught in rural schools in Missouri and Idaho.
She met George K. Walker, while attending summer school for teachers in Greeley, Colorado. They married August 22, 1923 in Greeley and moved to Cuba, MO where George worked as a teacher and Superintendent in Missouri Public Schools. In 1961 they moved to Illinois to help raise their son Walter's four children.
Helen was a longtime member of the Cuba United Methodist Church and member of Eastern Star.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, two brothers, Wayne and Joseph, sister Anna and one daughter Vida Mae Kane.
Those who survive are her son Walter Walker; daughter Margaret G. Coolbaugh; sister Mary Elizabeth Randall; 11 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; 4 great great grandchildren.
She attended Bartlett School near Tarkio, then received her teaching certificate from Maryville State Teachers College, Maryville, MO. She taught in rural schools in Missouri and Idaho.
She met George K. Walker, while attending summer school for teachers in Greeley, Colorado. They married August 22, 1923 in Greeley and moved to Cuba, MO where George worked as a teacher and Superintendent in Missouri Public Schools. In 1961 they moved to Illinois to help raise their son Walter's four children.
Helen was a longtime member of the Cuba United Methodist Church and member of Eastern Star.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, two brothers, Wayne and Joseph, sister Anna and one daughter Vida Mae Kane.
Those who survive are her son Walter Walker; daughter Margaret G. Coolbaugh; sister Mary Elizabeth Randall; 11 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; 4 great great grandchildren.
Helen A. "O'Neal" Walker was born August 2, 1900 on a farm in High Creek, Fremont County, Iowa to the union of Samuel O.D. O'Neal and Ida May (Angel) O'Neal and peacefully passed away on March 30, 1999 at her home in Matteson, Illinois with her family in attendance.
She attended Bartlett School near Tarkio, then received her teaching certificate from Maryville State Teachers College, Maryville, MO. She taught in rural schools in Missouri and Idaho.
She met George K. Walker, while attending summer school for teachers in Greeley, Colorado. They married August 22, 1923 in Greeley and moved to Cuba, MO where George worked as a teacher and Superintendent in Missouri Public Schools. In 1961 they moved to Illinois to help raise their son Walter's four children.
Helen was a longtime member of the Cuba United Methodist Church and member of Eastern Star.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, two brothers, Wayne and Joseph, sister Anna and one daughter Vida Mae Kane.
Those who survive are her son Walter Walker; daughter Margaret G. Coolbaugh; sister Mary Elizabeth Randall; 11 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; 4 great great grandchildren.
She attended Bartlett School near Tarkio, then received her teaching certificate from Maryville State Teachers College, Maryville, MO. She taught in rural schools in Missouri and Idaho.
She met George K. Walker, while attending summer school for teachers in Greeley, Colorado. They married August 22, 1923 in Greeley and moved to Cuba, MO where George worked as a teacher and Superintendent in Missouri Public Schools. In 1961 they moved to Illinois to help raise their son Walter's four children.
Helen was a longtime member of the Cuba United Methodist Church and member of Eastern Star.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, two brothers, Wayne and Joseph, sister Anna and one daughter Vida Mae Kane.
Those who survive are her son Walter Walker; daughter Margaret G. Coolbaugh; sister Mary Elizabeth Randall; 11 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; 4 great great grandchildren.
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