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Connie Rae Eberhart Walkup

26 Aug 1933 – 20 Dec 1997

Birth	26 Aug 1933
Death	20 Dec 1997
Cemetery	Hillside Cemetery North Loup , Valley County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	Starlight on 24 Jul 2013
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11294792

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Thanks to contributor #48796369 Connie Walkup, 64, of North Loup, died Saturday, Dec. 20, 1997, at the Valley County Hospital in Ord. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the North Loup United Methodist Church with the Rev. Melanie Adams officiating. Her body was cremated, and burial will be at a later date at Hillside Cemetery in North Loup. Ord Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Walkup was born on Aug. 26, 1933, at North Loup to George and Erma Mae (Smith) Eberhart. She was educated at North Loup and graduated from North Loup High School in 1951. She married Neil Layer on June 17, 1951. They farmed in the Mira Valley area of Valley County for a few years. The couple then lived in England, Newfoundland, New Mexico and Kansas for 15 years while he served in the U.S. Air Force. In New Mexico, they owned and operated a convenience store. He died in 1985, and she moved back to North Loup. She married Gordon Dean Walkup on May 14, 1988, and the couple made their home in North Loup. She enjoyed flowers and plants, gardening and crocheting. Survivors include her husband of North Loup; one son, Robert Layer of Ruidosa, N.M.; two daughters, Sharon (Mrs. Ken) Miles of Burlingame, Kan., and Julie (Mrs. Keith) Davis of Emporia, Kan.; three stepdaughters, Vivian Walkup of Ord, Patricia Walkup of Scotia and Joy (Mrs. Richard) Krohnlom of Springfield; two stepsons, Gregory Walkup of Oxnard, Calif., and Carl Walkup of Ozark, Mo.; seven grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; five step great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Jolene Bugay of Columbus, Gwen Lockhart of North Loup and Darlene Schwieger of North Loup. She was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband; an infant son; a sister, Sharon Loften; and an infant sister. The Grand Island Independent, Dec. 22, 1997

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Family

Parents

• George Theodore Eberhart 1905–1969
• Erma Mae Smith Eberhart 1910–1953 FaG

Spouse

• SSGT Neil Robert Layher 1932–1985 FaG
• Gordon "Dean" Dean Walkup 1932–2002

Siblings

• Gwendolyn Faye "Gwen" Eberhart Lockhart 1928–1998 FaG
• Darlene "Doddy" Eberhart Schwieger 1929–2001 FaG
• Lora Lou Eberhart 1936–1936 FaG
• Sharon Eberhart Loften 1938–1997 FaG
• Bette Jolene Eberhart Bugay 1939–2006 FaG

Children

• Richard Neil Layher 1952–1952 FaG

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