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Lee Gordon Walker

2 Jan 1924 – 8 Mar 2005

Birth	2 Jan 1924
Death	8 Mar 2005
Cemetery	Pleasant Grove City Cemetery Pleasant Grove , Utah County , Utah , USA
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FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177414867

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Lee Gordon Walker 1924 ~ 2005 Lee Gordon Walker, 81, of American Fork, longtime resident of Pleasant Grove, passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2005 at UVRMC. He was born January 2, 1924 in Pleasant Grove to Benjamin and May Keetch Walker the youngest of seven children. He married Joyce Clark on May 17, 1946 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Gordon grew up and attended school in Pleasant Grove, graduating in 1942. He served in the Army Air Corp during World War II in India and the Mariana Islands, working with the B-29 airplanes. Gordon returned from the service and attended BYU, receiving a B.S. in Education and Mathematics. Gordon and Joyce made their home in Pleasant Grove where they reared their five children. Gordon taught school for 36 years, most of which were in the Alpine School District. He was an active member of the LDS Church having served in many callings during his life. Gordon and Joyce served a family history mission in Richmond, Virginia. He is survived by his wife Joyce of American Fork; children: Lee (Mimi) Walker, San Jose, CA; Janice (Paul) Legler, Kaysville; Ellen (Roger) Cornell, Pleasant Grove; Jolynne (Curtis) Walker, Layton; Marla (Dale) Thompson, Colorado Springs, CO; 15 grandchildren and six great-grand-children. His grandson, Beau Cornell, preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held Mon., March 14, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. in the American Fork Sunset Hills First Ward Chapel, 939 N. 540 W., American Fork. Friends may call Sunday evening from 6-8 p.m. at Olpin Family Mortuary, 494 South 300 East, Pleasant Grove and at the church on Monday one hour prior to services. Interment will be in the Pleasant Grove City Cemetery with military rites conducted by American Legion Post 72.

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Family

Parents

• Benjamin Walker 1877–1948
• Ruthie May Keetch Walker 1881–1954

Spouse

• Joyce Clark Walker 1925–2020 FaG

Siblings

• Floyd Arnold Walker 1901–1974
• Virginia Walker Wiggington 1904–1980
• Lucille Walker Moyle 1906–2003
• Appollas Benjamin Walker Jr 1910–1917
• Ruth Walker F Peterson 1915–1996
• Horace Keetch Walker 1918–2003

Children

• Janice Walker Legler 1949–2024 FaG

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