OBIT: W. Ray WALKER, 1996, native of Friedens, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by Kerry L. Miller. Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ WALKER W. Ray Walker, 81, Bedford RD 2, died July 20, 1996, at Lancaster Community Hospital, Lancaster. Born Feb. 3, 1915, at Friedens, Somerset County. Son of the late Howard and Cora (Suder) Walker. Preceded in death by first wife, Ruth (Troy); second wife, Mary (Vought), and brother, Dalton Walker. Survived by wife, D. Irene (Fike) Walker; daughters: Jean, wife of Karl Duppstadt, Stoystown RD 3; Kathleen, wife of Ralph Stutzman, Friedens RD 2, and Peggy Baroni, Coatesville; sons: James Walker, Atlanta, Ga.; William Walker, Winchester, Va.; Barry Walker, married to the former Laura Bingman, Bedford; sisters: Margaret Woy, Haverford, and Marie Walker, Pittsburgh. Also 15 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Former owner of Walker's Drive-In at New Paris. Also a truck driver for Kramer Trucking in Everett and Transcon Trucking. Friends received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Mickle-Geisel Funeral Home, Schellsburg, where service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Rev. Charles Rhodes. Interment, Pike Cemetery, Brotherton. Daily American, July 23, 1996 [W0326]