DEATH OF PIONEER DES MOINES MAN
George F. Walker, pioneer banker of the city, died Friday evening at the home of his son, O. H. Walker, on Forest avenue. He had been ailing for several months.
Mrs. Walker died last March at the old pioneer home, 1208 Pennsylvania avenue.
Mr. Walker came to Des Moines in 1865. He and Mrs. Walker were born and reared in Somerset county, Pa. Two children were born in Pennsylvania, two in Illinois and two in Des Moines. Arizona, the first child died at the age of 3 years in Pennsylvania, William A. died at Yankton, S.D., seven years ago. The body was brought to Des Moines and was buried in the family lot in Woodland cemetery.
The surviving children are: C. E. of this city, O. H. of this city, George F. Walker, Jr., of California, and Lulu Walker Andrews of this city. The grandchildren are: Mrs. Ross Dixon of Presho, S. D.; Gladys Walker of this city, Harold Walker, an ensign in the navy, and Pauline and George Walker of Colorado.
Mr. Walker had been vice president of the Iowa Loan and Trust company and had been with that institution continually for forty years, giving up his desk just a year ago. One of the officers said, "He was the cornerstone of that bank ---fidelity, integrity and principle were his characteristics."
This institution was as a child to him and it is said that no man in Des Moines was better informed upon land and city valuation than Mr. Walker.
He was a charter member of the A.O.U.W., also a charter member of the Pioneer club, but his home and office were always uppermost in his mind.
Mr. and Mrs. Walker celebrated their golden wedding anniversary seven years ago. They were members of Capitol Hill Church of Christ.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon from the Capitol Hill Church of Christ. The body is lying in state at Lilly's undertaking parlors on High street.
(The Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Sun., Jan. 9, 1921, pg 5)
George F. Walker, pioneer banker of the city, died Friday evening at the home of his son, O. H. Walker, on Forest avenue. He had been ailing for several months.
Mrs. Walker died last March at the old pioneer home, 1208 Pennsylvania avenue.
Mr. Walker came to Des Moines in 1865. He and Mrs. Walker were born and reared in Somerset county, Pa. Two children were born in Pennsylvania, two in Illinois and two in Des Moines. Arizona, the first child died at the age of 3 years in Pennsylvania, William A. died at Yankton, S.D., seven years ago. The body was brought to Des Moines and was buried in the family lot in Woodland cemetery.
The surviving children are: C. E. of this city, O. H. of this city, George F. Walker, Jr., of California, and Lulu Walker Andrews of this city. The grandchildren are: Mrs. Ross Dixon of Presho, S. D.; Gladys Walker of this city, Harold Walker, an ensign in the navy, and Pauline and George Walker of Colorado.
Mr. Walker had been vice president of the Iowa Loan and Trust company and had been with that institution continually for forty years, giving up his desk just a year ago. One of the officers said, "He was the cornerstone of that bank ---fidelity, integrity and principle were his characteristics."
This institution was as a child to him and it is said that no man in Des Moines was better informed upon land and city valuation than Mr. Walker.
He was a charter member of the A.O.U.W., also a charter member of the Pioneer club, but his home and office were always uppermost in his mind.
Mr. and Mrs. Walker celebrated their golden wedding anniversary seven years ago. They were members of Capitol Hill Church of Christ.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon from the Capitol Hill Church of Christ. The body is lying in state at Lilly's undertaking parlors on High street.
(The Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Sun., Jan. 9, 1921, pg 5)
DEATH OF PIONEER DES MOINES MAN
George F. Walker, pioneer banker of the city, died Friday evening at the home of his son, O. H. Walker, on Forest avenue. He had been ailing for several months.
Mrs. Walker died last March at the old pioneer home, 1208 Pennsylvania avenue.
Mr. Walker came to Des Moines in 1865. He and Mrs. Walker were born and reared in Somerset county, Pa. Two children were born in Pennsylvania, two in Illinois and two in Des Moines. Arizona, the first child died at the age of 3 years in Pennsylvania, William A. died at Yankton, S.D., seven years ago. The body was brought to Des Moines and was buried in the family lot in Woodland cemetery.
The surviving children are: C. E. of this city, O. H. of this city, George F. Walker, Jr., of California, and Lulu Walker Andrews of this city. The grandchildren are: Mrs. Ross Dixon of Presho, S. D.; Gladys Walker of this city, Harold Walker, an ensign in the navy, and Pauline and George Walker of Colorado.
Mr. Walker had been vice president of the Iowa Loan and Trust company and had been with that institution continually for forty years, giving up his desk just a year ago. One of the officers said, "He was the cornerstone of that bank ---fidelity, integrity and principle were his characteristics."
This institution was as a child to him and it is said that no man in Des Moines was better informed upon land and city valuation than Mr. Walker.
He was a charter member of the A.O.U.W., also a charter member of the Pioneer club, but his home and office were always uppermost in his mind.
Mr. and Mrs. Walker celebrated their golden wedding anniversary seven years ago. They were members of Capitol Hill Church of Christ.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon from the Capitol Hill Church of Christ. The body is lying in state at Lilly's undertaking parlors on High street.
(The Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Sun., Jan. 9, 1921, pg 5)
George F. Walker, pioneer banker of the city, died Friday evening at the home of his son, O. H. Walker, on Forest avenue. He had been ailing for several months.
Mrs. Walker died last March at the old pioneer home, 1208 Pennsylvania avenue.
Mr. Walker came to Des Moines in 1865. He and Mrs. Walker were born and reared in Somerset county, Pa. Two children were born in Pennsylvania, two in Illinois and two in Des Moines. Arizona, the first child died at the age of 3 years in Pennsylvania, William A. died at Yankton, S.D., seven years ago. The body was brought to Des Moines and was buried in the family lot in Woodland cemetery.
The surviving children are: C. E. of this city, O. H. of this city, George F. Walker, Jr., of California, and Lulu Walker Andrews of this city. The grandchildren are: Mrs. Ross Dixon of Presho, S. D.; Gladys Walker of this city, Harold Walker, an ensign in the navy, and Pauline and George Walker of Colorado.
Mr. Walker had been vice president of the Iowa Loan and Trust company and had been with that institution continually for forty years, giving up his desk just a year ago. One of the officers said, "He was the cornerstone of that bank ---fidelity, integrity and principle were his characteristics."
This institution was as a child to him and it is said that no man in Des Moines was better informed upon land and city valuation than Mr. Walker.
He was a charter member of the A.O.U.W., also a charter member of the Pioneer club, but his home and office were always uppermost in his mind.
Mr. and Mrs. Walker celebrated their golden wedding anniversary seven years ago. They were members of Capitol Hill Church of Christ.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon from the Capitol Hill Church of Christ. The body is lying in state at Lilly's undertaking parlors on High street.
(The Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Sun., Jan. 9, 1921, pg 5)
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