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- [Obituary of] John Walker
Colorado Springs, Colo. -- Retired Army Lt. Col. John Robert Walker, 61, of Colorado Springs, Colo., formerly Urbana, died Wednesday (July 14, 1982) in Colorado Springs.
Services and burial were Saturday in Colorado.
Mr Walker was born Jan 14, 1921, at Macomb. He married Virginia Yuro April 19, 1969, at Colorado Springs. She survives.
Also surviving are his mother, Nellie Walker of Urbana; a son, John Walker of Albuquerque, N.M.; a daughter, Grace Throckmorton of Colorado Springs, Colo.; one granddaughter; and two brothers, Ernest Walker of Urbana and Richard Walker of Seattle, Wash.
Mr. Walker attended Urbana High School and graduated from the University of Illinois in 1943. After serving in the U.S. Army in the European Theater during World War II, he was employed by Merck & Co. in New Jersey as a research Chemist.
In 1951, Mr. Walker was recalled to active duty and served in Alaska, the continental United States and in Okinawa. He served in ARADCOM from 1969 to 1963 and then served at NORAD in 1965.
He retired in April, 1971 as a lieutenant colonel and was awarded the Army Reserve Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and the Legion of Merit.
Beginning in 1976, Mr. Walker was a volunteer with the Colorado State Forest Service on the beetle control project in the Black Forest. He was a member of Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Memorials may be made to The ARK, Box 626 Green Mountain Falls, Colo. 80819 -- The Champaign-Urbana News Gazette, July 18, 1982.
The daughter is a surprise to me; perhaps she is the daughter of Virginia--LKL
I knew John "Bob" Walker the least of the three Walker boys. He had been married before to a Jean ??? They must have been married just after he graduated from the U of I or before he went to Europe because his son was a small baby when his wife and the baby visited Nellie and Ernest in Urbana. Rationing was still on, and Jean would feed the baby only fresh meat--no canned baby food meat for him. Nellie was quite put out by it and had to borrow ration stamps from my parents to get the baby's meat!
I do not remember his being at his parents' 50th anniversary party. He and Virginia visited Nellie just a short time before she gave up her apartment. She invited me to come there for luncheon to meet them.--LKL
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Taylor Family Genealogy
1921 - 1982 (61 years)