Saturday, September 16, 1911 Oregonian (Portland, OR)
HOP MAN STRICKEN IN DEATH WHILE IN ACT OF TELEPHONING DOCTOR
William R. WALKER
EUGENE, Or., Sept. 15.--(Special.)--William R. Walker. familiarly known as "Uncle Billy" Walker, who died suddenly at his home, at the Campbell & Walker hopyard, between Eugene and Springfield, was stricken with heart disease while in the act of telephoning for a doctor.
Mr. Walker was one of the earliest of Lane County's pioneers, having come with his parents to Eugene in 1858, and living here continuously since that time with the exception of one year. He was born in Green County, Missouri, November 18, 1844, and crossed the plains with his parents in 1856. They settled first in California, but came to Eugene in 1858, and Mr. Walker had lived here ever since. He was employed for several years in the old Lane County Bank, and was County Clerk of Lane County for two terms. From the clerk's office, he moved to the hopyard, where he had lived since.
He was a charter member of the Eugene Lodge of Elks, was a Mason and an Oddfellow. Besides his mother, Mrs. Mary Jane Walker, he leaves a brother, Alf. of Eugene, and a sister, Mrs. M. C. Harlow, of Farmington, Wash. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon.
Contributed by Jeanie Sawyer*
HOP MAN STRICKEN IN DEATH WHILE IN ACT OF TELEPHONING DOCTOR
William R. WALKER
EUGENE, Or., Sept. 15.--(Special.)--William R. Walker. familiarly known as "Uncle Billy" Walker, who died suddenly at his home, at the Campbell & Walker hopyard, between Eugene and Springfield, was stricken with heart disease while in the act of telephoning for a doctor.
Mr. Walker was one of the earliest of Lane County's pioneers, having come with his parents to Eugene in 1858, and living here continuously since that time with the exception of one year. He was born in Green County, Missouri, November 18, 1844, and crossed the plains with his parents in 1856. They settled first in California, but came to Eugene in 1858, and Mr. Walker had lived here ever since. He was employed for several years in the old Lane County Bank, and was County Clerk of Lane County for two terms. From the clerk's office, he moved to the hopyard, where he had lived since.
He was a charter member of the Eugene Lodge of Elks, was a Mason and an Oddfellow. Besides his mother, Mrs. Mary Jane Walker, he leaves a brother, Alf. of Eugene, and a sister, Mrs. M. C. Harlow, of Farmington, Wash. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon.
Contributed by Jeanie Sawyer*
Saturday, September 16, 1911 Oregonian (Portland, OR)
HOP MAN STRICKEN IN DEATH WHILE IN ACT OF TELEPHONING DOCTOR
William R. WALKER
EUGENE, Or., Sept. 15.--(Special.)--William R. Walker. familiarly known as "Uncle Billy" Walker, who died suddenly at his home, at the Campbell & Walker hopyard, between Eugene and Springfield, was stricken with heart disease while in the act of telephoning for a doctor.
Mr. Walker was one of the earliest of Lane County's pioneers, having come with his parents to Eugene in 1858, and living here continuously since that time with the exception of one year. He was born in Green County, Missouri, November 18, 1844, and crossed the plains with his parents in 1856. They settled first in California, but came to Eugene in 1858, and Mr. Walker had lived here ever since. He was employed for several years in the old Lane County Bank, and was County Clerk of Lane County for two terms. From the clerk's office, he moved to the hopyard, where he had lived since.
He was a charter member of the Eugene Lodge of Elks, was a Mason and an Oddfellow. Besides his mother, Mrs. Mary Jane Walker, he leaves a brother, Alf. of Eugene, and a sister, Mrs. M. C. Harlow, of Farmington, Wash. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon.
Contributed by Jeanie Sawyer*
HOP MAN STRICKEN IN DEATH WHILE IN ACT OF TELEPHONING DOCTOR
William R. WALKER
EUGENE, Or., Sept. 15.--(Special.)--William R. Walker. familiarly known as "Uncle Billy" Walker, who died suddenly at his home, at the Campbell & Walker hopyard, between Eugene and Springfield, was stricken with heart disease while in the act of telephoning for a doctor.
Mr. Walker was one of the earliest of Lane County's pioneers, having come with his parents to Eugene in 1858, and living here continuously since that time with the exception of one year. He was born in Green County, Missouri, November 18, 1844, and crossed the plains with his parents in 1856. They settled first in California, but came to Eugene in 1858, and Mr. Walker had lived here ever since. He was employed for several years in the old Lane County Bank, and was County Clerk of Lane County for two terms. From the clerk's office, he moved to the hopyard, where he had lived since.
He was a charter member of the Eugene Lodge of Elks, was a Mason and an Oddfellow. Besides his mother, Mrs. Mary Jane Walker, he leaves a brother, Alf. of Eugene, and a sister, Mrs. M. C. Harlow, of Farmington, Wash. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon.
Contributed by Jeanie Sawyer*
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