Montanans Mourn Passing of Judge T. J. Walker
Rites Will Take Place In Butte Wednesday For Prominent Jurist
Butte, Jan. 19.- The death in New York city Thursday morning of Judge Thomas J. Walker, 66, brother of Postmaster General Frank C. Walker, is deeply mourned throughout Montana, where he was widely known and held in high esteem. For more than a third of a century, he had been a leading Butte and Montana lawyer, and since September, 1940, had served as judge, of the United States customs court in New York.
Judge Walker had been a patient in St. Vincent hospital, New York city, for the past month. Mrs. Walker was with him at the time of his death. His brother, in a telephone conversation with W. L. Murphy of Butte Thursday, said the body will be brought to Butte, arriving on the North Coast Limited Tuesday. It will be accompanied by Mrs. T. J. Walker and Postmaster General and Mrs. Frank C. Walker. Friends have been reqeusted to omit flowers.
The body will be taken to the Daly-Shea mortuary, and funeral services will take place Wednesday morning in St. Patrick Church. Burial will be in St. Patrick cemetery. The New York services will take place in St. Ignatius church Saturday mornng, after which the funeral party vill leave for Butte.
Butte had been Judge Walker's home from the time he came west as a boy in the 1880s until he left for New York to take over his duties as judge. He was appointed to the cusoms court by President Rooserelt.
Returned Often
After leaving here, he loved to come back in the summer during the vacation period and visit old and familiar scenes and mingle with old-time friends. Last summer he and. Mrs. Walker spent some six weeks in Butte, in the Madison country where he loved to fish Montana's trout streams, and in other near-by sections. They had twice previously spent some time in Butte in the summer since they left to make their home in New York.
Judge Walker sold papers on the streets of Butte when he was a boy, to contribute to the family income. He also carried a paper route and later worked as timekeeper at the Green Mountain mine, a property operated by Marcus Daly. He "kept .time' until the call came for volunteers with the war with Spain. He enlisted and was a member of troop L of Grigsby's Rough Riders under Capt. D. G. Stivers, well-known Butte attorney.
Born In Pennsylvania
Judge Walker was born to Ellen Comerford Walker and David Walker in Plymouth, Pa., on March 25, 1878.
Judge Walker's father was identified with the mining interests in Butte until he died in 1902. He obtained his preliminary education in the public and parohial schools of Butte, and continued his schooling in All Hallows college, in Salt Lake City. Next he entered Georgetown uniersity, where he spent three years on classical studies after which he entered the University of Virginia and graduated from its law department with the degree of LL.B in 1902.
Returning to Butte to begin his career as a counselor at law he speedily won recognition as an able member of the legal profession. For tbe first three years he was a member of the firm of McHatton and Cotter, who ranked at the very top of the legal profession of Montana in that period. In 1905, he became a member of the firm of Lamb and Walker. Judge Edwin M. Lamb friend of Bryan, former Butte city attorney and prominent lawyer, was active, as was Judge Walker, in the politics of the state.
Tom Walker's first polltical office came to him in 1905, when he was elected to membership in the state legislative assembly. In 1908, he was elected for the first of two terms to the office of county attorney. Following his terms as county attorney, he resumed the private practice of his prpfession in partnership with his brother, Frank C. Walker until the latter went to New York and Washington. It was during this period that Judge Walker was elected to the stale senate, where he served fo three terms.
He was active in fraternal as well as political and legal fields - a member of the Butte Country club, the University club, the Lambs club, old Silver Bow club the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Columbus. He was a devout member of the Roman Catholic church. He was married on June 7, 1905 to Miss Maud Galen, daughter of Hugh and Matilda Galen of Helena. No children were born of the marriage.
Surviving besides his wife and brother and sister-in-law are three sisters, Mrs. John W. Cotter, Mrs. John J. McCarthy and Mrs. Clyde Graves, all of Boston, Mass.
Thomas J. Walker mounted the federal bench in September, 1940. He was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the office of United States custom court district judge with headquarters in New York but which held sessions all over the United States and also in Porto Rico. He took his oath of office in Butte. It was administered by the late Federal Judge James Baldwin in the presence of Mrs. Walker, J. L. Markham, William Murphy and other lifetime friends.
Rites Will Take Place In Butte Wednesday For Prominent Jurist
Butte, Jan. 19.- The death in New York city Thursday morning of Judge Thomas J. Walker, 66, brother of Postmaster General Frank C. Walker, is deeply mourned throughout Montana, where he was widely known and held in high esteem. For more than a third of a century, he had been a leading Butte and Montana lawyer, and since September, 1940, had served as judge, of the United States customs court in New York.
Judge Walker had been a patient in St. Vincent hospital, New York city, for the past month. Mrs. Walker was with him at the time of his death. His brother, in a telephone conversation with W. L. Murphy of Butte Thursday, said the body will be brought to Butte, arriving on the North Coast Limited Tuesday. It will be accompanied by Mrs. T. J. Walker and Postmaster General and Mrs. Frank C. Walker. Friends have been reqeusted to omit flowers.
The body will be taken to the Daly-Shea mortuary, and funeral services will take place Wednesday morning in St. Patrick Church. Burial will be in St. Patrick cemetery. The New York services will take place in St. Ignatius church Saturday mornng, after which the funeral party vill leave for Butte.
Butte had been Judge Walker's home from the time he came west as a boy in the 1880s until he left for New York to take over his duties as judge. He was appointed to the cusoms court by President Rooserelt.
Returned Often
After leaving here, he loved to come back in the summer during the vacation period and visit old and familiar scenes and mingle with old-time friends. Last summer he and. Mrs. Walker spent some six weeks in Butte, in the Madison country where he loved to fish Montana's trout streams, and in other near-by sections. They had twice previously spent some time in Butte in the summer since they left to make their home in New York.
Judge Walker sold papers on the streets of Butte when he was a boy, to contribute to the family income. He also carried a paper route and later worked as timekeeper at the Green Mountain mine, a property operated by Marcus Daly. He "kept .time' until the call came for volunteers with the war with Spain. He enlisted and was a member of troop L of Grigsby's Rough Riders under Capt. D. G. Stivers, well-known Butte attorney.
Born In Pennsylvania
Judge Walker was born to Ellen Comerford Walker and David Walker in Plymouth, Pa., on March 25, 1878.
Judge Walker's father was identified with the mining interests in Butte until he died in 1902. He obtained his preliminary education in the public and parohial schools of Butte, and continued his schooling in All Hallows college, in Salt Lake City. Next he entered Georgetown uniersity, where he spent three years on classical studies after which he entered the University of Virginia and graduated from its law department with the degree of LL.B in 1902.
Returning to Butte to begin his career as a counselor at law he speedily won recognition as an able member of the legal profession. For tbe first three years he was a member of the firm of McHatton and Cotter, who ranked at the very top of the legal profession of Montana in that period. In 1905, he became a member of the firm of Lamb and Walker. Judge Edwin M. Lamb friend of Bryan, former Butte city attorney and prominent lawyer, was active, as was Judge Walker, in the politics of the state.
Tom Walker's first polltical office came to him in 1905, when he was elected to membership in the state legislative assembly. In 1908, he was elected for the first of two terms to the office of county attorney. Following his terms as county attorney, he resumed the private practice of his prpfession in partnership with his brother, Frank C. Walker until the latter went to New York and Washington. It was during this period that Judge Walker was elected to the stale senate, where he served fo three terms.
He was active in fraternal as well as political and legal fields - a member of the Butte Country club, the University club, the Lambs club, old Silver Bow club the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Columbus. He was a devout member of the Roman Catholic church. He was married on June 7, 1905 to Miss Maud Galen, daughter of Hugh and Matilda Galen of Helena. No children were born of the marriage.
Surviving besides his wife and brother and sister-in-law are three sisters, Mrs. John W. Cotter, Mrs. John J. McCarthy and Mrs. Clyde Graves, all of Boston, Mass.
Thomas J. Walker mounted the federal bench in September, 1940. He was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the office of United States custom court district judge with headquarters in New York but which held sessions all over the United States and also in Porto Rico. He took his oath of office in Butte. It was administered by the late Federal Judge James Baldwin in the presence of Mrs. Walker, J. L. Markham, William Murphy and other lifetime friends.
Montanans Mourn Passing of Judge T. J. Walker
Rites Will Take Place In Butte Wednesday For Prominent Jurist
Butte, Jan. 19.- The death in New York city Thursday morning of Judge Thomas J. Walker, 66, brother of Postmaster General Frank C. Walker, is deeply mourned throughout Montana, where he was widely known and held in high esteem. For more than a third of a century, he had been a leading Butte and Montana lawyer, and since September, 1940, had served as judge, of the United States customs court in New York.
Judge Walker had been a patient in St. Vincent hospital, New York city, for the past month. Mrs. Walker was with him at the time of his death. His brother, in a telephone conversation with W. L. Murphy of Butte Thursday, said the body will be brought to Butte, arriving on the North Coast Limited Tuesday. It will be accompanied by Mrs. T. J. Walker and Postmaster General and Mrs. Frank C. Walker. Friends have been reqeusted to omit flowers.
The body will be taken to the Daly-Shea mortuary, and funeral services will take place Wednesday morning in St. Patrick Church. Burial will be in St. Patrick cemetery. The New York services will take place in St. Ignatius church Saturday mornng, after which the funeral party vill leave for Butte.
Butte had been Judge Walker's home from the time he came west as a boy in the 1880s until he left for New York to take over his duties as judge. He was appointed to the cusoms court by President Rooserelt.
Returned Often
After leaving here, he loved to come back in the summer during the vacation period and visit old and familiar scenes and mingle with old-time friends. Last summer he and. Mrs. Walker spent some six weeks in Butte, in the Madison country where he loved to fish Montana's trout streams, and in other near-by sections. They had twice previously spent some time in Butte in the summer since they left to make their home in New York.
Judge Walker sold papers on the streets of Butte when he was a boy, to contribute to the family income. He also carried a paper route and later worked as timekeeper at the Green Mountain mine, a property operated by Marcus Daly. He "kept .time' until the call came for volunteers with the war with Spain. He enlisted and was a member of troop L of Grigsby's Rough Riders under Capt. D. G. Stivers, well-known Butte attorney.
Born In Pennsylvania
Judge Walker was born to Ellen Comerford Walker and David Walker in Plymouth, Pa., on March 25, 1878.
Judge Walker's father was identified with the mining interests in Butte until he died in 1902. He obtained his preliminary education in the public and parohial schools of Butte, and continued his schooling in All Hallows college, in Salt Lake City. Next he entered Georgetown uniersity, where he spent three years on classical studies after which he entered the University of Virginia and graduated from its law department with the degree of LL.B in 1902.
Returning to Butte to begin his career as a counselor at law he speedily won recognition as an able member of the legal profession. For tbe first three years he was a member of the firm of McHatton and Cotter, who ranked at the very top of the legal profession of Montana in that period. In 1905, he became a member of the firm of Lamb and Walker. Judge Edwin M. Lamb friend of Bryan, former Butte city attorney and prominent lawyer, was active, as was Judge Walker, in the politics of the state.
Tom Walker's first polltical office came to him in 1905, when he was elected to membership in the state legislative assembly. In 1908, he was elected for the first of two terms to the office of county attorney. Following his terms as county attorney, he resumed the private practice of his prpfession in partnership with his brother, Frank C. Walker until the latter went to New York and Washington. It was during this period that Judge Walker was elected to the stale senate, where he served fo three terms.
He was active in fraternal as well as political and legal fields - a member of the Butte Country club, the University club, the Lambs club, old Silver Bow club the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Columbus. He was a devout member of the Roman Catholic church. He was married on June 7, 1905 to Miss Maud Galen, daughter of Hugh and Matilda Galen of Helena. No children were born of the marriage.
Surviving besides his wife and brother and sister-in-law are three sisters, Mrs. John W. Cotter, Mrs. John J. McCarthy and Mrs. Clyde Graves, all of Boston, Mass.
Thomas J. Walker mounted the federal bench in September, 1940. He was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the office of United States custom court district judge with headquarters in New York but which held sessions all over the United States and also in Porto Rico. He took his oath of office in Butte. It was administered by the late Federal Judge James Baldwin in the presence of Mrs. Walker, J. L. Markham, William Murphy and other lifetime friends.
Rites Will Take Place In Butte Wednesday For Prominent Jurist
Butte, Jan. 19.- The death in New York city Thursday morning of Judge Thomas J. Walker, 66, brother of Postmaster General Frank C. Walker, is deeply mourned throughout Montana, where he was widely known and held in high esteem. For more than a third of a century, he had been a leading Butte and Montana lawyer, and since September, 1940, had served as judge, of the United States customs court in New York.
Judge Walker had been a patient in St. Vincent hospital, New York city, for the past month. Mrs. Walker was with him at the time of his death. His brother, in a telephone conversation with W. L. Murphy of Butte Thursday, said the body will be brought to Butte, arriving on the North Coast Limited Tuesday. It will be accompanied by Mrs. T. J. Walker and Postmaster General and Mrs. Frank C. Walker. Friends have been reqeusted to omit flowers.
The body will be taken to the Daly-Shea mortuary, and funeral services will take place Wednesday morning in St. Patrick Church. Burial will be in St. Patrick cemetery. The New York services will take place in St. Ignatius church Saturday mornng, after which the funeral party vill leave for Butte.
Butte had been Judge Walker's home from the time he came west as a boy in the 1880s until he left for New York to take over his duties as judge. He was appointed to the cusoms court by President Rooserelt.
Returned Often
After leaving here, he loved to come back in the summer during the vacation period and visit old and familiar scenes and mingle with old-time friends. Last summer he and. Mrs. Walker spent some six weeks in Butte, in the Madison country where he loved to fish Montana's trout streams, and in other near-by sections. They had twice previously spent some time in Butte in the summer since they left to make their home in New York.
Judge Walker sold papers on the streets of Butte when he was a boy, to contribute to the family income. He also carried a paper route and later worked as timekeeper at the Green Mountain mine, a property operated by Marcus Daly. He "kept .time' until the call came for volunteers with the war with Spain. He enlisted and was a member of troop L of Grigsby's Rough Riders under Capt. D. G. Stivers, well-known Butte attorney.
Born In Pennsylvania
Judge Walker was born to Ellen Comerford Walker and David Walker in Plymouth, Pa., on March 25, 1878.
Judge Walker's father was identified with the mining interests in Butte until he died in 1902. He obtained his preliminary education in the public and parohial schools of Butte, and continued his schooling in All Hallows college, in Salt Lake City. Next he entered Georgetown uniersity, where he spent three years on classical studies after which he entered the University of Virginia and graduated from its law department with the degree of LL.B in 1902.
Returning to Butte to begin his career as a counselor at law he speedily won recognition as an able member of the legal profession. For tbe first three years he was a member of the firm of McHatton and Cotter, who ranked at the very top of the legal profession of Montana in that period. In 1905, he became a member of the firm of Lamb and Walker. Judge Edwin M. Lamb friend of Bryan, former Butte city attorney and prominent lawyer, was active, as was Judge Walker, in the politics of the state.
Tom Walker's first polltical office came to him in 1905, when he was elected to membership in the state legislative assembly. In 1908, he was elected for the first of two terms to the office of county attorney. Following his terms as county attorney, he resumed the private practice of his prpfession in partnership with his brother, Frank C. Walker until the latter went to New York and Washington. It was during this period that Judge Walker was elected to the stale senate, where he served fo three terms.
He was active in fraternal as well as political and legal fields - a member of the Butte Country club, the University club, the Lambs club, old Silver Bow club the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Columbus. He was a devout member of the Roman Catholic church. He was married on June 7, 1905 to Miss Maud Galen, daughter of Hugh and Matilda Galen of Helena. No children were born of the marriage.
Surviving besides his wife and brother and sister-in-law are three sisters, Mrs. John W. Cotter, Mrs. John J. McCarthy and Mrs. Clyde Graves, all of Boston, Mass.
Thomas J. Walker mounted the federal bench in September, 1940. He was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the office of United States custom court district judge with headquarters in New York but which held sessions all over the United States and also in Porto Rico. He took his oath of office in Butte. It was administered by the late Federal Judge James Baldwin in the presence of Mrs. Walker, J. L. Markham, William Murphy and other lifetime friends.
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