Delta County CO Archives Obituaries.....Walker, Essie Butler November 23, 1953 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/co/cofiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kathleen Haney khaney@wic.net April 10, 2006, 8:34 am Grand Junction Daily Sentinel Walker, Essie, (Butler) Grand Junction Daily Sentinel Friday November 27, 1953 pg. 11 Pioneer Resident of Ouray Dies Delta - Funeral services for Mrs. William J. Walker, 67, of Ouray, Western Slope Pioneer will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Methodist Church here. Interment will be in Delta Cemetery, directed by the Flor Funeral Home of Ouray. Mrs. Walker passed away at 8:10 p.m. Monday at her home in Ouray,. After being in ill health several years. Born Dec. 30, 1876, in Greensboro, N. C., Mrs. Walker came to Colorado with her parents at the age of nine years. The family settled on California Mesa, near Delta, and she attended rural schools in the community. She married William J. Walker in Delta. Dec. 28, 1899, and the couple went to Ouray as newlyweds. They lived in Ouray almost 54 years, leaving there only for short periods. Surviving her are her husband, a daughter, Mrs. Roy Shults of Delta; and a son, William Oliver Walker of Ouray. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/delta/obits/w/walkerbu29gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cofiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb