Robert Ware Walker, 210 S. Edmundson, died at his home. He was 67.
Born at Dublin, Virginia, Mr. Walker was the last of 11 children of George and Emma (Wysor) Walker, both members of widely known Virginia families. His father was a Latin and Greek scholar and a professor in a Virginia college. Robert Walker attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
As a boy, he worked for a coal company and later was in the insurance businesses in New York. He came to Indiana in 1930. He was into landscape gardening and soil conservation, which he studied at VPI.
Mr. Walker's interest in baseball was keen and in his earlier years, he played football. He served as sharpshooter in the Marines during the Mexican border dispute. During World War ll, Mr. Walker worked for a time at RCA. He was a member of Irvington Presbyterian Church.
Services will be at 1:30 P.m. Friday at Shirley Brothers Irving Hills Chapel with burial at Memorial Park cemetery.
Survivors are the widow, Loraine Walker; three sons, Robert Ware Walker, Jr., Thomas Lee Walker, and Donald Walker; a step-son, James Baker, and three grandchildren.
Obituary from Indianapolis News.
Robert Ware Walker, 210 S. Edmundson, died at his home. He was 67.
Born at Dublin, Virginia, Mr. Walker was the last of 11 children of George and Emma (Wysor) Walker, both members of widely known Virginia families. His father was a Latin and Greek scholar and a professor in a Virginia college. Robert Walker attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
As a boy, he worked for a coal company and later was in the insurance businesses in New York. He came to Indiana in 1930. He was into landscape gardening and soil conservation, which he studied at VPI.
Mr. Walker's interest in baseball was keen and in his earlier years, he played football. He served as sharpshooter in the Marines during the Mexican border dispute. During World War ll, Mr. Walker worked for a time at RCA. He was a member of Irvington Presbyterian Church.
Services will be at 1:30 P.m. Friday at Shirley Brothers Irving Hills Chapel with burial at Memorial Park cemetery.
Survivors are the widow, Loraine Walker; three sons, Robert Ware Walker, Jr., Thomas Lee Walker, and Donald Walker; a step-son, James Baker, and three grandchildren.
Obituary from Indianapolis News.
Family Members
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John Ernest Walker
1873–1924
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Lida B. Walker Coleman
1875–1943
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James William Walker
1876–1927
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Margaret Wysor Walker Johnson
1878–1930
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Emma Clay Walker Wade
1880–1948
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Lucie Stearnes Walker Gordon
1882–1924
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Nellie Lamon Walker Walker
1883–1952
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Lily Wilson Walker
1886–1944
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George Luther Walker
1887–1950
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Charles Martin Walker
1891–1944
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