Denton man killed, Obituary, Fergus Co., MT

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Lewistown paper 1979

Denton man killed in highway accident

DENTON -- Perry J. Walker, 72, retired Denton grocer. was killed in a 
one-car accident Tuesday about 1:10 p m. seven miles east of here.

His wife, May, a passenger in the vehicle. was taken to Central Montana 
Hospital by the Denton ambulance.  A hospital spokesman reported earlier 
this afternoon that she was still in the intensive care unit and “her 
condition appears to be stabilizing"

Walker, who had been ill for about a year, had just been dismissed from 
the hospital, and he and his wife were on their way home from Lewistown 
when the accident occurred.  

According to the highway patrol, the vehicle ran off the road, hit an 
approach and rolled several times The vehicle was totaled.

Fergus County Commissioner Robert Barber and his wife Tagg arrived on 
the scene a short time later.

Walker was born May 24, 1907. at Cottonwood Creek southwest of 
Lewistown, the son of Daniel and Daisy Walker.

He moved to Lewistown with his parents and attended school in Lewistown 
until the family moved to Winnett.  He was married to May Kauth October 
4, 1925, in Winnett. 

Walker barbered there until l931. He then moved to Denton and barbered 
there until 1944 when he purchased the Food Store of Denton. He and his 
wife operated the store until 1965.  He then went to work as a field 
representative for the Montana Food Distributors Association, a position 
he held until the time of his death.

He was a member of Masonic Western Lodge No 1 and Scottish Rite.

He is survived by his wife May of Denton, a daughter, Mrs Marie Martin 
of Shelby: a nephew Harold Danzer of Spokane, WA.; two sisters, Mrs. 
Marie Converse of Fairfield and Mrs. Ruth Johnson of Fort Bragg, CA.: 
eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother George and a nephew 
Bud Danzer.

Funeral services are pending at the Creel-Morrison-Retz Funeral Home.