WALK, Maxine R. 1927-2013

WALK

Posted By: Kermit Kittleson
Date: 1/3/2013 at 12:44:42

Maxine Rose Walk, 85, of Grafton died Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at the Manly Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

A funeral service for Maxine will be held 1:00 p.m., Sunday, January 6, 2013 at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 308 4th Avenue, Grafton with the Reverend Solveig A. H. Zamzow officiating. Burial will follow in the Grafton Cemetery.

A visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m., Saturday, January 5, 2013, at the Bride Colonial Chapel, 110 East Spring Street, Manly and will continue one hour prior to the funeral service at the church on Sunday.

Maxine Rose (Schultz) Walk, daughter of John and Rosie Schultz was born on a farm in Barton Township on March 27, 1927. The family moved when she was six to a farm two and a half miles west of Grafton. She attended country school and graduated from Grafton High School. Maxine furthered her education receiving her degree at Hamilton Business College and worked in Mason City for the North Iowa Hardware Association.

On June 5, 1949, she married Rueben Walk. They lived in Grafton, where they raised their three children. Later, Maxine worked as a secretary at the Grafton School and as a bookkeeper for Grafton Plumbing and Electric.

She was a lifelong member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church where she taught Sunday School for many years. She enjoyed collecting dolls and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She will be missed by her husband, Rueben Walk of Grafton; children, Cathy (Denny) Severson of Eagan, Minnesota, Curt Walk (Leanne Christeson) of Clear Lake and Craig (Joanne) Walk of St. Ansgar; nine grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren; two sisters, Marilyn Sheahan of Sheffield and Bonnie (Wally) Brunsvold of Chatfield, Minnesota and one sister-in-law, Thelma Walk of Eagan, Minnesota.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Clyde Schultz; six brothers-in-law, Ray, Orlie, LaVern and Ernie Walk, Sidney Homes, and Jack Sheahan and four sisters-in-law, Marcella, Helen and Phyllis Walk and Irene Homes.

Bride Colonial Chapel, 110 East Spring Street, Manly, 641-454-2242, ColonialChapels.com

Source: Colonial Chapels website - 1/3/13.