John Tompson Walker (1890-1973)

WALKER, BENNETT, HUNTER, EATON, SUGARMAN

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 8/16/2013 at 20:49:58

From Ames Daily Tribune May 23, 1973

John T. Walker, 83, Nevada, died this morning at the Story County Hospital in Nevada. He had been a patient there for the past three months.

Funeral services will be Friday at 2 p.m. from the Ryan Funeral Home in Nevada with the Reverend Marvin L. Hulse officiating. Burial will be in the Nevada Cemetery.

Mr. Walker was born February 24, 1890, at Lacona. He was a retired automobile dealer and had been a resident of Story County since 1918.

Mr. Walker was married to Cordia Bennette in 1906 at Milo.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Mrs. La Von Hunter of Clear Lake; two grandsons, John and Brayan (sic) Walker, both of Ames and two granddaughters, Dr. DeeRae Eaton, Pelham Manor, New York, and Nancy Walker, Ames; three great-grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Eleanor Sugarman, Los Angeles, California.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, two sisters, and a son, J.B. Walker who died in 1972.