OBITUARY: Harley Ernst Walk 1919-2003, Worth Co. Iowa



                         Harley Ernst Walk

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Harley Ernst Walk, 83, of Grafton died Tuesday Feb. 11, 2003, at 
his home.  

Funeral services were Saturday at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in 
Grafton with the Rev. Wayne Ellingson officiating. Interment was 
in the Grafton Cemetery in Grafton. 

Harley was born July 11, 1919, on the family farm near Grafton, 
the son of Christian and Lora (Bruesewitz) Walk. Harley's grandfather 
built the house in which he was born and he lived there his entire 
life. He attended Grafton High School and was salutatorian of his 
class. While in high school, Harley participated in basketball. He 
served in WWII as a field clerk in San Antonio, TX. Harley was a 
life long member of the Grafton American Legion Post 616. 

Harley married Viola M. Frisch of Grafton. To this union two 
children were born, Anne and Mark. Viola passed away in 1973. 
In 1974, Harley married to Alphia Rachut. He was an early adopter 
of turkey farming in Grafton, where he and his brother Lowell Walk, 
managed Walk Bros. Turkeys until his retirement from farming in 
1981. Harley loved the Grafton life. He was a member of the 
St. Ansgar School Board during the time his children were in high 
school. For many years, he supervised the grilling of turkeys for 
Grafton Turkey Days. When he was not able to continue this task due 
to the success of the event and his age, he participated by helping. 
He loved fishing and was a skilled fisherman. He fished in Minnesota, 
Canada, and was fortunate to have fished at Yellowstone Lake in 
Wyoming and the Atlantic Ocean near Boston, Mass. Harley was an 
avid "500" player and would play anytime given the opportunity.

Survivors include his wife, Alphia Walk of the Worth Living Center 
in St. Ansgar; one daughter, Anne Hammond and her husband Harry of 
Boulder, CO, and their children David and Christopher; one son: 
Mark Walk and his wife Tracy of Osage and their children Allison 
and Stephany; three step-daughters, Mary Greenman and her husband 
Al of Austin, MN and their families Darlene Zuehl and her husband 
Verle of North-bridge, Mass. and their families, Betty Brumm and 
her husband Stan of Eden Prairie, MN. and their families; one 
brother, Lowell Walk and his wife Virginia of Grafton; a special 
niece, Nancy Walk Severson of Grafton.

He was preceded in death by his parents; first wife, Viola; and a 
step-daughter, Shirley Fossey. 




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