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Re: Obit/Cem for Leander F WALKER died Nov 1969
Posted by: Jan Payne (ID *****0008)	Date: February 27, 2009 at 13:57:55
In Reply to: Obit/Cem for Leander F WALKER died Nov 1969 by Hugh Adams	of 1152

From the "Stillwater News-Press" newspaper, Stillwater, OK, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 1969, page 2, cols 7 & 8--
"Leander F. Walker, 76 Dies; Services Scheduled Friday
Funeral services for Leander F. Walker, 76, of 202 S. Husband, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church with Father Joseph Howell officiating. A wake service is slated for 8 p.m. Thursday in Strode Chapel.
Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under direction of Strode Funeral Home. A flag presentation will be amde by Hanner-Sharp American Legion Post No. 129. Friends may call at the funeral home until 9 a.m. Friday.
Walker died Wednesday, Nov. 5, 1969, at Stillwater General Hospital.
Pallbearers will be Genio Colasacco, Jack Edens, Bill Dowell, Hal Hackelman, Kenneth Luper and Laurence Sinclair. Honorary bearers are Arthur Anderson, Glen Beecham, Dr. Powell Fry, Bill Thomas, Arthur Edmundson and J.W. Ground.
Born at Washington, La., June 1, 1893, he was the son of Dr. John H. and Elizabeth M. Walker. He was married to Nellie N. Walace at Tampa, Fla., on March 25, 1925. Walker attended schools in Louisiana and following their marriage, the couple lived one year in Florida before moving to Oklahoma City where he was superintendent of G.A. Nichols Construction Co., before moving to Stillwater July 7, 1947.
He was superintendent for Hackelman Construction Co., here until his retirement in 1963. He was a member of the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. Hanner-Sharp American Legion Post, Veterans of WWI, serving in the Army as a sergeant.
Survivors include his wife of the home, one son, Leander F. Walker Jr. of Oklahoma City, a daughter, Mrs. Ernest Stark, Austin, Tex.; two sisters, Mrs. Anita Edens, Wichita, and Mrs. Bessie Brown, Houston; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren."

From Mahlon Erickson's "Payne County Cemetery Index"-
Nellie N. Walker, b. 14 Sept 1904, d. 14 Aug 1976, "W of Leander".

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