Roy Alvin Walker 1918-2002

WALKER, ALDINI

Posted By: Lori Clark (email)
Date: 10/9/2002 at 12:07:06

Roy Alvin Walker age 83 of Iowa City, died Friday, March 15, 2002 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City after a short illness.

Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at Hamilton Southtown Funeral Home in Des Moines. Burial at Des Moines Masonic Cemetery will follow after the service.

Visitation will be one hour before the service at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the organization of the donor’s choice.

Local arrangements are with the Gay and Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City.

Mr. Walker was born September 20, 1918 in Wilton, North Dakota, to Andrew and Alice Walker. He graduated from Regan High School in Regan, North Dakota. He attended San Francisco Junior College. He married Massemina (Mickey) Aldini on February 19, 1943 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky. They made their home in Des Moines. She died August 2, 1969. He married Lois Elaine McGinnis on August 24, 1974 in Des Moines. She died March 5, 1999.

Mr. Walker served in the Civilian Conservation Corp before joining the United States Army. He joined the United States Army in Dec. 1941 and served in Europe with the Ninth Army until 1945. After his discharge he worked in the automobile industry in Des Moines. When he retired, he was the Manager of the Parts Department at Stivers Lincoln Mercury. He was a member of ZA Ga Zig Temple Legion of Honor and Park Avenue Presbyterian Church in Des Moines. He has lived in Iowa City since 1983.

Survivors include a son and his wife, Bruce L. and Marlys Walker of Iowa City: a daughter, Janet Lee Wittig of Bettendorf: a sister Alice Haakenson of Bismark, North Dakota: three brothers in-law, Louis Aldini and his wife Donna, William Aldini and his wife Fran, and Dean Wilson all of Des Moines: four step-children, Carol and Ray Emert of Topeka, Kansas, Jane and Dale Tharp, Donna Wunderly, and Michael McGinnis all of Fredonia, Kansas: four grandchildren, five step-grandchildren, seven step-great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

In addition to his wives, he was preceded in death by his parents and seven siblings.