WALKER, William c1866-1949

WALKER

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 1/4/2014 at 22:37:24

[Waterloo Daily Courier, Wednesday, June 15, 1949]

William Walker, 83, of 87 Adams Street, died at Allen Memorial Hospital at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday after being overcome by gas escaping from two burners on a stove in his home.

Neighbors called police when they saw him sitting motionless in a chair near the kitchen window. Dr. Sidney Smith, county coroner, pronounced the cause of death as accidental Wednesday.

Mrs. Rex Ball. Kansas City, Mo.. a sister, and another sister are known to survive.

His wife, Stella, preceded him in death.

The body is at O'Keefe & Towne Funeral Home.