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WALKER, Ralph William (39499)

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Birth

  • Born on February 09, 1922 in East Corinth, Penobscot Co., ME

Death

  • Died on October 20, 2011 in Littleton, Arapahoe Co., CO
  • Buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery in Nampa, Canyon Co., ID

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Children

Notes

  • Obituary: Ralph W Or Mike Walker, 89 of Littleton, Colorado passed away peacefully at the Porter Hospice on October 20, 2011 after a full and happy life. He was 89 years old. A celebration of his life will be held Sunday October 23 at 11am at Drinkwine Mortuary in Littleton. In lieu of flowers, contributions to Centennial's Porter Hospice are encouraged. Mike was born on February 9, 1922 in East Corinth, Maine to Ruth and Bill Walker. He grew up on potato farms in Aroostook County and graduated from the University of Maine in 1949, where he was a proud member of ATO. Leaving the family farm behind, he followed his brothers Pete and Al out west, where in enrolled in a graduate program in psychology at the University of Idaho (the other potato state). While working on his thesis on juvenile delinquents in 1954, he met and married a social worker from Idaho Falls, Kathleen Robinson. They had seven children together, which gave Mike a chance to use his psychology degree both at work and at home. Kathleen died in 1975, leaving Mike a devoted single father to his lively crew. He worked as an industrial psychologist, first for General Electric and later for Martin Marietta. In 1985, Mike retired to Idaho for a life of gentleman farming with his father-in-law (Reid) and brother-in-law (John). He kept busy with hunting, fishing, golf, bridge, and the daily comics and crossword puzzle. After the death mother-in-law Margaret in 1999, Mike moved back to Littleton to be near four of his children. He is survived by his sister, Barbara Leason and her husband Bob, of Farmingdale, ME; his sister-in-law, Fran Robinson, of Nampa, ID; his children, Michael (with wife Dena and son Reid) of Brunswick, ME; Maureen of Littleton; Reid of Denver; Molly (with husband Peter and daughters Catherine and Marianne) of Norwalk, CT; Rob (with wife Michele and daughters Shauna and Andrea) of Centennial; Gerard of Littleton; John of New York City; and 21 nieces and nephews. Mike was, in Nat King Cole's words, unforgettable in every way. Leave Condolences at drinkwinefamilymortuary.com The Denver Post Denver,CO October 22, 2011
  • Occupation: Farm Worker/ Psycologist

Sources

  • Newspaper Obituary: Genalogybank.com

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