OBIT: Edward James WALKER, 1989, Hooversville, Somerset County, PA
  
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  WALKER
  
  Edward James Walker, 75, of Hooversville, died Aug. 21, 1989 at
  Somerset Hospital.  Born July 21, 1914 in New Bethlehem.  Son of
  Thomas and Violet (Chapman) Walker.  Preceded in death by parents,
  infant brother Thomas and sister Mary.  Survived by his wife of 52
  years, the former Hilda Wincer and these children: Mrs. Donald (Sally
  Ann) Walker of Carlisle; Mrs. John (Esther) Helsel, of Boiling
  Springs; Edward J. married to the former Jean Hancock, of Johnstown;
  Mrs. Eugene (Virginia) Lloyd, of Somerset; Thomas J. married to the
  former Ann Weaver, of Bethel; Mrs. Louis (Linda) Bourdette of
  Lemoyne; Mrs. Leroy (Martha) Helsel, of Altoona; Mrs. Steven
  (Kathryn) Corden, of Hooversville; Mrs. Millan (Alice) Huzsek, of
  Stoystown RD 2; Mrs. William (Karen) Read, of Sidell, La.; Mrs. Barry
  (Mary) Lockard, of Wormslyburg; 27 grandchildren, 12
  great-grandchildren, brother of: William, of Sunnyvale Calif.;
  Kathryn, of Myerstown; John, of Beechcreek; Alice Young, Southampton;
  Bob of Marlton, N. J.; and Mae Harmon, of Mesa, Ariz.  A retired coal
  miner, member of Hooversville Christian Church, a lifetime member and
  former chief of the Hooversville Fire Company and a member of the
  UMWA.  Family will receive friends 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday
  at Deaner Funeral Home HOOVERSVILLE.  Service will be held 11 a.m.
  Thursday at the Hooversville Christian Church, Homer Tantlinger
  officiating.  Interment POS of A Cemetery Hooversville.  Memorial
  contributions may be given to the Hooversville Fire Company or the
  Somerset Children's Aid Home.
  
  Daily American, August 22, 1989
  
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