Clearfield-Chester County PA Archives Obituaries.....Walter, Iva Thompson September 7, 2007
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Oxford Tribune
Iva Thompson Walter passed away Sept 7, 2007 at Ware Presbyterian Village. She 
was 95 years old and had been a resident at Ware for more than 10 years.She 
was the widow of T. Barnard Walter who died in 1966.Born in Clearfield 
County,PA, she was the daughter of Adelbert E. and S. Blanche Watson Thompson. 
She graduated from Clearfield High School, and then LockHaven College in 1931. 
She taught in one-room schools in Clearfield County prior to her marriage in 
1934. For the first 11 yrs of their marriage, she and Barney served as the 
manager/operators of a farm for Philadelphia Electric Company in Conowingo, 
MD. They then moved to Upper Oxford near Homeville where they operated Ivanard 
Farm, a dairy farm with registered Guernsey cattle.
Active in Russelville Grange and Faggs Manor Presbyterian Church, they started 
4-H clubs in Southern Chester County and were very involved with Cooperative 
Extension activities.Iva returned to teaching 3rd and 5th grades in the Avon 
Grove School District. She spent 6 months as a substitute teacher in Tanzania 
with African Inland Missions.
During WWII she volunteered as an airplane spotter,looking for and identifying 
enemy planes. While watching for planes, she knitted khaki colored socks for 
the soldiers.She and Barney worked hard to get electricity into a one-room 
school in Conowingo. During the spring of 1942 the school was open several 
evenings-with lights on- so people could sign up for ration books.Iva and 
Barney raised several foster children in addition to their own.She is survived 
by her children Sally Moore(Bill) of Chatham,PA, Dave Walter (Cindy) of 
Wyandotte,OK, Judy Heald (Bill) of Spring Mills,PA and Anne Smith Goffredo of 
Wilmington,DE.11 grandchildren,21 great grandchildren and one great-great 
grandchild.A sister Gwendolyn W.T. Frye and a brother Graydon L. Thompson 
predeceased her.Family and Friends are invited to a Celebration Of Life Sept 
29th at 10 am at Ware Presbyterian Village chapel.Arrangements by Collins 
Funeral Home, Oxford,PA 

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