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Corp Marion Thomas Walker

16 Nov 1917 – 22 Nov 2000

Birth	16 Nov 1917
Death	22 Nov 2000
Cemetery	Orr Cemetery Orr , Love County , Oklahoma , USA
Added by	Stone Seeker on 11 Aug 2007
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20906265

Bio

Source: Daily Ardmoreite ORR -- Graveside services for Marion Thomas "Bud" Walker, 83, Ringling, are at 2 p.m. today at Orr Cemetery. Born Nov. 16, 1917, in Orr to Ide Ardle and Mary Jane Harper Walker, he died Nov. 22, 2000, in Healdton. He married Mary Ruth Cavins on Thanksgiving Day of 1941. She preceded him in death in 1978. He was also preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Jack and Wes; and three sisters, Irene, Opal and Gertrude. Raised at Orr, he graduated from Orr High School in 1935. On Jan. 11, 1943, he entered the United States Army, serving in the 102nd Infantry Division in Europe during World War II. After his honorable discharge on Feb. 27, 1946, he began working for the Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, retiring in 1979. He had lived at Ringling off and on since his retirement. He was a member of the CB&I Boilermakers Union and American Legion Ringling Post 96. Survivors include one son Jon M. "Butch" Walker, Ringling and numerous nieces and nephews.

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Family

Parents

• Ide Ardle Walker 1881–1938
• Mary Jane Harper Walker 1886–1965

Spouse

• Mary Ruth Cavins Walker 1922–1978 FaG

Siblings

• Gertrude "Gerty" Walker Hagin 1907–1960
• Francis Irene Walker Goode 1908–1960
• Wesley Warren Walker 1909–1982
• Opal Bernice "Sis" Walker Colson 1912–1984
• Frank Walker 1914–1923

Children

• Jon Michael "Butch" Walker 1946–2020 FaG

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