Ronald Gordon WALKER .. 1923-1945

WALKER, BLOOM

Posted By: Andrew BROWN (email)
Date: 10/27/2010 at 13:00:54

Tech. Ronald Gordon WALKER

The body of Tech. 4th Gr Ronald Gordon Walker will arrive in Waterloo on the Illinois Central Railroad Friday at 5:10 p. m.

Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 1 p. m. at Kearns garden Chapel by Rev. R. A. Badger pastor of Presbyterian Church Jesup Ia.

Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery(Waterloo IA) with the VFW firing squad and Amvets casket bearers.

Technician Walker was born Sept. 21, 1923 at Jesup Ia, the son of Carroll and Neva Walker.

He moved to Bremer IA with his parents when a year old, coming to Waterloo four years later.

He attended Alcott and Washington schools and was later employed at Rath Packing Co.

He entered service Mar. 17 1943; took basic training at Ft. Sheridan, Ill and special training at Camp Crowder, Mo.

He served overseas as a radio communications man from Apr. 14, 1944 until Apr. 2, 1945, when he was killed in action near Leipzig, Germany, while serving in an anti-aircraft automatic weapons battery of the Third army.

The body is being returned from Margrauten Cemetery in Holland.

Surviving are the parents, Jesup Ia, and two sisters, Mrs. Arlene Bloom, Cudahy, Wis. and Miss Gerry Walker, 1121 Grant Ave.(Waterloo IA).

..(Waterloo IA Courier 27JAN1948)