LILLIAN L. WALKER, 88, died Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006, 5:50 p.m., at Village Oaks Nursing Center, Fort Wayne, where she had been a resident since 1999. Born Nov. 17, 1917, in Allen County, she was a daughter of Henry A. and Frieda A. (Vegeler) Winkler. She graduated from South Side High School, in 1936. She was employed at General Electric for eight years.
On Sept. 20, 1941, she married Howard M. Walker. They lived in Fort Wayne until 1964, when they moved to a farm in Etna Troy Township at Scott Lake.
Mr. Walker died Jan. 8, 1988.
Her memberships included Emmaus Lutheran Church where she served as a Sunday school teacher for 50 years and Etna Troy Homemakers Club.
Surviving are son, Howard M. (Leona) Walker Jr. of Columbia City; daughter, Karen Ann (John) Bedwell of New Haven; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two brothers, George R. Winkler of Mount Pleasant and Henry Eugene Winkler of Angola; and two sisters, Marie Ashton and Dorothy E. Ahlersmeyer, both of Fort Wayne.
She was also preceded in death by brother, Albert C.F. "Pete" Winkler.
Funeral service is 1:30 p.m. Monday at Smith & Sons Funeral Home, Columbia City. Visitation is from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Entombment in Concordia Cemetery. News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne, IN) - February 25, 2006
On Sept. 20, 1941, she married Howard M. Walker. They lived in Fort Wayne until 1964, when they moved to a farm in Etna Troy Township at Scott Lake.
Mr. Walker died Jan. 8, 1988.
Her memberships included Emmaus Lutheran Church where she served as a Sunday school teacher for 50 years and Etna Troy Homemakers Club.
Surviving are son, Howard M. (Leona) Walker Jr. of Columbia City; daughter, Karen Ann (John) Bedwell of New Haven; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two brothers, George R. Winkler of Mount Pleasant and Henry Eugene Winkler of Angola; and two sisters, Marie Ashton and Dorothy E. Ahlersmeyer, both of Fort Wayne.
She was also preceded in death by brother, Albert C.F. "Pete" Winkler.
Funeral service is 1:30 p.m. Monday at Smith & Sons Funeral Home, Columbia City. Visitation is from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Entombment in Concordia Cemetery. News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne, IN) - February 25, 2006
LILLIAN L. WALKER, 88, died Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006, 5:50 p.m., at Village Oaks Nursing Center, Fort Wayne, where she had been a resident since 1999. Born Nov. 17, 1917, in Allen County, she was a daughter of Henry A. and Frieda A. (Vegeler) Winkler. She graduated from South Side High School, in 1936. She was employed at General Electric for eight years.
On Sept. 20, 1941, she married Howard M. Walker. They lived in Fort Wayne until 1964, when they moved to a farm in Etna Troy Township at Scott Lake.
Mr. Walker died Jan. 8, 1988.
Her memberships included Emmaus Lutheran Church where she served as a Sunday school teacher for 50 years and Etna Troy Homemakers Club.
Surviving are son, Howard M. (Leona) Walker Jr. of Columbia City; daughter, Karen Ann (John) Bedwell of New Haven; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two brothers, George R. Winkler of Mount Pleasant and Henry Eugene Winkler of Angola; and two sisters, Marie Ashton and Dorothy E. Ahlersmeyer, both of Fort Wayne.
She was also preceded in death by brother, Albert C.F. "Pete" Winkler.
Funeral service is 1:30 p.m. Monday at Smith & Sons Funeral Home, Columbia City. Visitation is from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Entombment in Concordia Cemetery. News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne, IN) - February 25, 2006
On Sept. 20, 1941, she married Howard M. Walker. They lived in Fort Wayne until 1964, when they moved to a farm in Etna Troy Township at Scott Lake.
Mr. Walker died Jan. 8, 1988.
Her memberships included Emmaus Lutheran Church where she served as a Sunday school teacher for 50 years and Etna Troy Homemakers Club.
Surviving are son, Howard M. (Leona) Walker Jr. of Columbia City; daughter, Karen Ann (John) Bedwell of New Haven; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two brothers, George R. Winkler of Mount Pleasant and Henry Eugene Winkler of Angola; and two sisters, Marie Ashton and Dorothy E. Ahlersmeyer, both of Fort Wayne.
She was also preceded in death by brother, Albert C.F. "Pete" Winkler.
Funeral service is 1:30 p.m. Monday at Smith & Sons Funeral Home, Columbia City. Visitation is from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Entombment in Concordia Cemetery. News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne, IN) - February 25, 2006
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