Cora was a younger sister of Jennie "Reil" (Hannah) Walker, who was the second wife of Paul's father, Sam. Cora and Paul divorced in 1930, and she remarried to George Oliver "Ollie" Oakley (1894-1970). Paul never remarried. He settled in Sonora, California, at some point after his service during World War II, and died in Tuolumne County in 1959.
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The Morning Sun News-Herald, page 5, March 12, 1959; Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa:
Paul Walker Dead in California
Mrs. Trevor Kimble has been notified of the death of her brother, Paul M. Walker, son of the late S. N. and Reil Hannah Walker Walker died March 3 in a hospital in Sonora, California, following several years of ill health. Military funeral services were held at Sonora on March 5 [Note: Hattie Mae (Moyers) Walker was his mother; Jennie "Reil" (Hannah) Walker was his stepmother]
Survivors include two half-sisters, Mrs. Kimble of Morning Sun and Mrs. Verl V. Van Houten of Corpus Christi, Texas; one half-brother, Robert Walker of Corpus Christi and the following brothers and sisters: Elsie Walker, Benton, Arkansas; George Walker, West Burlington; Mrs. Maude Fortner, Detroit, Michigan; Clifford Walker, New London; Mrs. Myrtle Dotson, West Burlington; Samuel Walker, Marion, Iowa; William Walker, Marion, Iowa; Mrs. Leota Brumm, New London.
Cora was a younger sister of Jennie "Reil" (Hannah) Walker, who was the second wife of Paul's father, Sam. Cora and Paul divorced in 1930, and she remarried to George Oliver "Ollie" Oakley (1894-1970). Paul never remarried. He settled in Sonora, California, at some point after his service during World War II, and died in Tuolumne County in 1959.
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The Morning Sun News-Herald, page 5, March 12, 1959; Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa:
Paul Walker Dead in California
Mrs. Trevor Kimble has been notified of the death of her brother, Paul M. Walker, son of the late S. N. and Reil Hannah Walker Walker died March 3 in a hospital in Sonora, California, following several years of ill health. Military funeral services were held at Sonora on March 5 [Note: Hattie Mae (Moyers) Walker was his mother; Jennie "Reil" (Hannah) Walker was his stepmother]
Survivors include two half-sisters, Mrs. Kimble of Morning Sun and Mrs. Verl V. Van Houten of Corpus Christi, Texas; one half-brother, Robert Walker of Corpus Christi and the following brothers and sisters: Elsie Walker, Benton, Arkansas; George Walker, West Burlington; Mrs. Maude Fortner, Detroit, Michigan; Clifford Walker, New London; Mrs. Myrtle Dotson, West Burlington; Samuel Walker, Marion, Iowa; William Walker, Marion, Iowa; Mrs. Leota Brumm, New London.
Inscription
Paul M. Walker, California, Cpl US Army, World War II, October 13, 1'904 - March 1, 1959
Family Members
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Elsie Ella Walker
1894–1992
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George Percy Walker
1896–1985
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Maude Mae Walker Fortner
1897–1970
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Albert Ross Walker
1899–1936
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Thomas Clifford "Cliff" Walker
1901–1979
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Zella Myrtle Walker Dotson
1903–1990
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Samuel Clinton "Sam" Walker
1910–1991
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Hattie Leota Walker Brumm
1912–1967
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Ruth Rebecca Walker Broeker
1915–1939
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William David "Bill" Walker
1918–1977
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