Hattie Ruth Walker 1905 - 1980

WALKER, MCCORKEL, HINSON, PFORTS, BAZEL, DOYLE, WARD, HOAMBRECKER

Posted By: Deb (email)
Date: 4/14/2011 at 15:34:07

Hattie Ruth Walker, 74, Sperry, died Monday, June 9, at her home.

She was born in Des Moines County, Aug. 6, 1905, to Garrett and Elsie McCorkel Hinson. She married Wallace G. Walker, in Burlington, Sept. 12, 1922.

Mrs. Walker was a housewife, a member of the Kingston United Methodist church and the United Methodist Women.

Surviving: three daughters, Elsie Pforts, and Jane Bazel, both of Mediapolis, and Joyce Doyle, Danville; two sisters, Stella Ward, Mediapolis, and Elizabeth Ward, Burlington; two brothers, Forrest Hoambrecker and Roger Hoambrecker, both of Burlington; 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Funeral: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Kingston United Methodist church, the Rev. Clarence Burns; Memorial Park cemetery. Fry Chapel, Mediapolis, is in charge. A memorial has been established.

The Burlington Hawkeye, Tuesday, June 10, 1980, page 13