Walker, Theresa Mary Holdgrafer (1907-1992)

WALKER, HOLDGRAFER, DROSTS, GIDEL, CRILLY, MAUBACH, HELLER

Posted By: Debbie Greenfield (email)
Date: 3/7/2017 at 16:20:55

Daily Freeman Journal, Webster City, Iowa, Monday, April 13, 1992

Theresa Mary Walker, 84, Williams, died Friday, April 10, at the Hamilton County Public Hospital. Services were held at 9:30 a.m. today at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Williams with the Rev. Fr. Philip Recker officiating. Interment was in St. Mary's Cemetery in Williams.

Theresa Mary Holdgrafer, daughter of Henry and Mary (Drosts) Holdgrafer, was born May 18, 1907 in Williams. She was a graduate of Williams High School and Tobin Business College in Fort Dodge. Along with working in the school lunch program with the Williams and Blairsburg Schools; she was employed at the Central Cafe and the Boondocks, both in Williams.

She is survived by sons, Charles Walker, Cedar Rapids, Harold Walker, Snow Flake, Ariz.; daughter, JoAnn Gidel, Williams; 15 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and sisters, Francis Crilly, Williams, and Louise Maubach, Vancouver, Wash. She was preceded in death by her parents; son, Ralph; brothers, Dietrich, Bernard, John and Herman; and sister, Mary Heller.

She was a member of the Williams Womens Club, KYN Club of Williams and the Williams American Legion Auxiliary.