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1930 Jefferson Co., Hanover Township, Main Cross St., In. Roll 595 Book 2, page 93:
House hold # 14
Walker, John 23 b. In. Pa b. In. Ma b. In. no occupation listed
Jean 23 In. In. In. "
Obit from the Madison Currier:
JOHN WALKER
John T. Walker, 83, Naperville, Ill., died Thursday at the Hinsdale Hospital in Hinsdale, Ill.
Formerly of Hanover, he was a retired operating engineer for G.H. Alen in Vincennes and was a member of the Luman Christi Presbyterian Church in Darien, Ill.
Survivors include his wife, Jean Knoebel Walker; two daughters: Lois Hall, Darien, Ill.; and Helen Hall, Burr Ridge, Ill.; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one son, John T. Walker, two daughters, Miriam and Naomi Walker.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Vail-Holt funeral Home Hanover Chapel with burial in Springdale Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 4 until 8 p.m. Sunday and after 9 a.m. Monday.
Memorial Service For John Taylor Walker ( Written by Shannon Clarkson, John's niece)
February 19, 1990
Hanover, Indiana
John Taylor Walker was born in 1906, the fourth son and fifth child born to Jennetta Morton McNeel and William Wade Walker. He is the last of the six children to die. He grew up on his parent's farm, helping with the farming and with his Father's gravel pit. He and his brothers became acquainted with mechanical things early on. Their father loved to buy the latest mechanical wonders but when they broke, he hadn't a clue how to fix them.. it was up to Neel, Leonard, Shannon and John to keep things running. This early experience with machines stayed with all of them.. but especially Leonard and John, who spent their lives operating big machinery..steam shovels and bull dozers and even steam engines.
The boys all worked hard for their father, helping him build many roads around Hanover and throughout Jefferson County. But they found time to have a little fun, too. My dad always told the story of an afternoon when he and John decided to go squirrel hunting. They finally found one and chased it up a big hollow tree on the hillside behind the house. When it wouldn't come out they decided to fire the shotgun up the trunk. Seconds later, the tree caught on fire and the whole hillside would have gone up in flames if a sudden rainstorm hadn't occurred.
A strong influence in the Walker home was the Presbyterian Church, or should I say churches, since they attended three, Bethel, Carmel an finally Hanover. John and his wife Jean were very active in their church in Vincennes where Hohn served as an elder, sang in the choir and was the chief of transportation for anyone who needed groceries or a ride to church. Being a faithful Christian didn't mean he didn't have a temper, though. Mabel Walker told me how John would get so mad at my mother.. who was no doubt teasing him.. that he would in exasperation say "Dod dammit, Libby!" and its probably just as well that we not mention all the BB gun stories.
Suffice it to say John enjoyed life, and enjoyed his family. He and Jean were married for 65 years and raised two daughters, Lois and Helen and have always taken a great interest in the lives of their grandchildren, Dee Ann, Linda and John and their children, Michael, Angela, Amy, Matthew, Stacy and Eric.
His love of life will stay with all of us as we remember him and his love for us all.
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1906 - 1990 (83 years)
