Richard Arlin (Dick) Walker was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Virgil B. and Dora T. (Farnsworth) Walker. His biological grandparents were William Thomas Kelley (Find A Grave memorial #179578509) and Anna Bell Oroark.
He was mostly of Irish ancestry — his name, Arlin, is Irish Gaelic — but also was descended from the Allertons, Bradfords, Priests and Warrens who immigrated to New England aboard the Mayflower. His Irish forebears were from Dublin and Skibbereen.
He was voted Most Perfect Baby of 1936 in a contest sponsored by the Los Angeles Herald-Express.
Dick attended school in Long Beach and Willits, California; played French horn in the Long Beach Junior Marching Band; delivered the Long Beach Independent newspaper; set pins at Major Bowl; worked as a "roughneck" for his father's company, Lucky Strike Oil Co., in Huntington Beach; completed his lifeguard qualifications as a teen; and enlisted at 16 in the U.S. Coast Guard. He served as a seaman aboard the USCGC Chambers (WDE-491) from 1952-54. He received the National Defense Service Medal and was honorably discharged.
Dick was a salesman for Industrial Paint Co. and Long Beach Paint Co. in the 1950s, assistant manager of Ernie Kapp Paint Co. in the 1960s, and a partner in D&R Painting in the 1970s. He managed Joe Jost's, a tavern and pool hall founded in 1924.
He retired as a groundskeeper at California State University, Long Beach, and on the job he once saved a co-worker from falling off of a roof. The life-saving incident was reported in The Daily 49er, the university's newspaper. He was a member of Teamsters Local 2010.
Dick enjoyed bowling, golfing and shooting pool; fishing from boat, pier or surf; getting together with family and friends; and vacationing with his wife Gloria at Estero Beach in Baja California, Mexico.
Dick was a regular blood donor in the 1950s and 1960s; drew illustrations for his son's elementary school in the 1960s; and was a member of Eagles Aerie 791, Long Beach, California, in the 1970s.
Dick and Elsie Lujan (Mexican/Yaqui) married in 1956 in Yuma, Arizona; their son, Richard Jr., was born in 1962. Dick and Elsie divorced in 1974.
Dick and Gloria Ann Gingras (nee Quaack) married on March 18, 1976 in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Through Gloria he had a stepson, Rick Gingras.
Dick died Aug. 13, 1997 in his son's home in Citrus Heights, California. A U.S. Coast Guard master chief delivered Dick's ashes to a Coast Guard cutter in Alameda, California, and the crew conducted a burial at sea ceremony. A grave marker was placed at the National Cemetery in Los Angeles, the city of his birth.
Dick was survived by his wife; his son; his stepson; and his granddaughter, Kelly Marie Walker.
Military Information: SN, US COAST GUARD
He was mostly of Irish ancestry — his name, Arlin, is Irish Gaelic — but also was descended from the Allertons, Bradfords, Priests and Warrens who immigrated to New England aboard the Mayflower. His Irish forebears were from Dublin and Skibbereen.
He was voted Most Perfect Baby of 1936 in a contest sponsored by the Los Angeles Herald-Express.
Dick attended school in Long Beach and Willits, California; played French horn in the Long Beach Junior Marching Band; delivered the Long Beach Independent newspaper; set pins at Major Bowl; worked as a "roughneck" for his father's company, Lucky Strike Oil Co., in Huntington Beach; completed his lifeguard qualifications as a teen; and enlisted at 16 in the U.S. Coast Guard. He served as a seaman aboard the USCGC Chambers (WDE-491) from 1952-54. He received the National Defense Service Medal and was honorably discharged.
Dick was a salesman for Industrial Paint Co. and Long Beach Paint Co. in the 1950s, assistant manager of Ernie Kapp Paint Co. in the 1960s, and a partner in D&R Painting in the 1970s. He managed Joe Jost's, a tavern and pool hall founded in 1924.
He retired as a groundskeeper at California State University, Long Beach, and on the job he once saved a co-worker from falling off of a roof. The life-saving incident was reported in The Daily 49er, the university's newspaper. He was a member of Teamsters Local 2010.
Dick enjoyed bowling, golfing and shooting pool; fishing from boat, pier or surf; getting together with family and friends; and vacationing with his wife Gloria at Estero Beach in Baja California, Mexico.
Dick was a regular blood donor in the 1950s and 1960s; drew illustrations for his son's elementary school in the 1960s; and was a member of Eagles Aerie 791, Long Beach, California, in the 1970s.
Dick and Elsie Lujan (Mexican/Yaqui) married in 1956 in Yuma, Arizona; their son, Richard Jr., was born in 1962. Dick and Elsie divorced in 1974.
Dick and Gloria Ann Gingras (nee Quaack) married on March 18, 1976 in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Through Gloria he had a stepson, Rick Gingras.
Dick died Aug. 13, 1997 in his son's home in Citrus Heights, California. A U.S. Coast Guard master chief delivered Dick's ashes to a Coast Guard cutter in Alameda, California, and the crew conducted a burial at sea ceremony. A grave marker was placed at the National Cemetery in Los Angeles, the city of his birth.
Dick was survived by his wife; his son; his stepson; and his granddaughter, Kelly Marie Walker.
Military Information: SN, US COAST GUARD
Richard Arlin (Dick) Walker was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Virgil B. and Dora T. (Farnsworth) Walker. His biological grandparents were William Thomas Kelley (Find A Grave memorial #179578509) and Anna Bell Oroark.
He was mostly of Irish ancestry — his name, Arlin, is Irish Gaelic — but also was descended from the Allertons, Bradfords, Priests and Warrens who immigrated to New England aboard the Mayflower. His Irish forebears were from Dublin and Skibbereen.
He was voted Most Perfect Baby of 1936 in a contest sponsored by the Los Angeles Herald-Express.
Dick attended school in Long Beach and Willits, California; played French horn in the Long Beach Junior Marching Band; delivered the Long Beach Independent newspaper; set pins at Major Bowl; worked as a "roughneck" for his father's company, Lucky Strike Oil Co., in Huntington Beach; completed his lifeguard qualifications as a teen; and enlisted at 16 in the U.S. Coast Guard. He served as a seaman aboard the USCGC Chambers (WDE-491) from 1952-54. He received the National Defense Service Medal and was honorably discharged.
Dick was a salesman for Industrial Paint Co. and Long Beach Paint Co. in the 1950s, assistant manager of Ernie Kapp Paint Co. in the 1960s, and a partner in D&R Painting in the 1970s. He managed Joe Jost's, a tavern and pool hall founded in 1924.
He retired as a groundskeeper at California State University, Long Beach, and on the job he once saved a co-worker from falling off of a roof. The life-saving incident was reported in The Daily 49er, the university's newspaper. He was a member of Teamsters Local 2010.
Dick enjoyed bowling, golfing and shooting pool; fishing from boat, pier or surf; getting together with family and friends; and vacationing with his wife Gloria at Estero Beach in Baja California, Mexico.
Dick was a regular blood donor in the 1950s and 1960s; drew illustrations for his son's elementary school in the 1960s; and was a member of Eagles Aerie 791, Long Beach, California, in the 1970s.
Dick and Elsie Lujan (Mexican/Yaqui) married in 1956 in Yuma, Arizona; their son, Richard Jr., was born in 1962. Dick and Elsie divorced in 1974.
Dick and Gloria Ann Gingras (nee Quaack) married on March 18, 1976 in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Through Gloria he had a stepson, Rick Gingras.
Dick died Aug. 13, 1997 in his son's home in Citrus Heights, California. A U.S. Coast Guard master chief delivered Dick's ashes to a Coast Guard cutter in Alameda, California, and the crew conducted a burial at sea ceremony. A grave marker was placed at the National Cemetery in Los Angeles, the city of his birth.
Dick was survived by his wife; his son; his stepson; and his granddaughter, Kelly Marie Walker.
Military Information: SN, US COAST GUARD
He was mostly of Irish ancestry — his name, Arlin, is Irish Gaelic — but also was descended from the Allertons, Bradfords, Priests and Warrens who immigrated to New England aboard the Mayflower. His Irish forebears were from Dublin and Skibbereen.
He was voted Most Perfect Baby of 1936 in a contest sponsored by the Los Angeles Herald-Express.
Dick attended school in Long Beach and Willits, California; played French horn in the Long Beach Junior Marching Band; delivered the Long Beach Independent newspaper; set pins at Major Bowl; worked as a "roughneck" for his father's company, Lucky Strike Oil Co., in Huntington Beach; completed his lifeguard qualifications as a teen; and enlisted at 16 in the U.S. Coast Guard. He served as a seaman aboard the USCGC Chambers (WDE-491) from 1952-54. He received the National Defense Service Medal and was honorably discharged.
Dick was a salesman for Industrial Paint Co. and Long Beach Paint Co. in the 1950s, assistant manager of Ernie Kapp Paint Co. in the 1960s, and a partner in D&R Painting in the 1970s. He managed Joe Jost's, a tavern and pool hall founded in 1924.
He retired as a groundskeeper at California State University, Long Beach, and on the job he once saved a co-worker from falling off of a roof. The life-saving incident was reported in The Daily 49er, the university's newspaper. He was a member of Teamsters Local 2010.
Dick enjoyed bowling, golfing and shooting pool; fishing from boat, pier or surf; getting together with family and friends; and vacationing with his wife Gloria at Estero Beach in Baja California, Mexico.
Dick was a regular blood donor in the 1950s and 1960s; drew illustrations for his son's elementary school in the 1960s; and was a member of Eagles Aerie 791, Long Beach, California, in the 1970s.
Dick and Elsie Lujan (Mexican/Yaqui) married in 1956 in Yuma, Arizona; their son, Richard Jr., was born in 1962. Dick and Elsie divorced in 1974.
Dick and Gloria Ann Gingras (nee Quaack) married on March 18, 1976 in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Through Gloria he had a stepson, Rick Gingras.
Dick died Aug. 13, 1997 in his son's home in Citrus Heights, California. A U.S. Coast Guard master chief delivered Dick's ashes to a Coast Guard cutter in Alameda, California, and the crew conducted a burial at sea ceremony. A grave marker was placed at the National Cemetery in Los Angeles, the city of his birth.
Dick was survived by his wife; his son; his stepson; and his granddaughter, Kelly Marie Walker.
Military Information: SN, US COAST GUARD
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