OBIT: Wayne WALKER, 1988, Tipton, Blair County, PA

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Pastor Wayne Walker
Pastor dies at age 71

  Pastor Wayne Walker, 71, of Box 86?, Tipton, Tyrone RD 5, died at 
10:30 a.m. Sunday, April 10, 1988, at his home, following a brief 
illness.
  Pastor Walker was pastor of Providence Bible Church, Everett, for the 
past two and a half years.  He retired as a molder from the Brass 
Foundry of the Pennsylvania Railroad, South Altoona, with 36 years' 
service.  He was also a former teacher at the Altoona Bible Institute, 
former pastor of the Northwood Baptist Chapel, Tyrone, for 25 years; 
former assistant pastor of the New Life Center, Philipsburg, for five 
and a half years, a teacher and administrator of the Baptist Bible 
Youth Camp, Camp Kanesatake, Huntingdon Furnace; and was a former camp 
director at Camp Manahath, Williamsburg.
  He was born July 21, 1916, in Altoona, the son of H. Wayne and Martha 
G. (Hiltner) Walker, and Nov. 11, 1939, in Altoona, married Phyllis M. 
Parsons.
  Surviving are his wife, four daughters: Judith Bonawitch of Delran, 
N.J.; Ruth Kozak of Palmyra, N.J.; Linda Greene of Altoona and Deborah 
Sprankle of Tyrone, and seven grandchildren.
  Pastor Walker was a member of the Tipton Baptist Church.
  He was a graduate of the Altoona Bible Institute.
  Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the 
Jon C. Russin Funeral Home, Bellwood, and 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at 
the Tipton Baptist Church.

WALKER - Services for Pastor Wayne Walker of Box 86, Tipton, Tyrone RD 
5, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Tipton Baptist Church, by 
Pastor Paul V. Sweitzer.  Interment at Alto-Reste Park.  Friends will 
be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Jon C. Russin 
Funeral Home, Bellwood, and 10 a.m. until time of services Wednesday at 
the church.  In lieu of flowers contributions in Pastor Walker's memory 
may be made to the Tipton Baptist Church Missionary Fund, Box 303, 
Tipton, Pa., 16684.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., April 11, 1988