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Elbert B. “Bert” Walker

8 Jan 1918 – 18 Jan 1990

Birth	8 Jan 1918
Death	18 Jan 1990
Cemetery	Douglas Park Cemetery Douglas , Converse County , Wyoming , USA
Added by	Betty Alberts on 16 Jun 2013
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79247967

Bio

PVT US Army WWII Elbert B. "Bert" Walker, 72, died Thursday, Jan. 18, 1990 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Denver, Colorado, following a short illness. He was born Jan. 8, 1918 at Sterling, Colorado, the son of Leonard and Flora Fawn (Staggs) Walker. He was reared and educated in Sterling and North Platte, Nebraska. He married Ruth Blakeslee on Aug. 25, 1939 in Ord, Nebraska. He served in the United States Army during World War II. He owned and operated various restaurants on the west coast. He owned and operated the Wrangler Café in Douglas during the 1970s with his wife. He retired in 1979 and moved to Oregon. In 1982 he returned to Douglas where he resided until his health forced him to move to Hot Springs, S.D. in August 1989 and then to Aurora, Colorado to be near the VA Medical Center. He is survived by his daughter, Mary J. Walker of Aurora, Colorado. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth, on March 25, 1989; and three brothers. (Information was obtained from his obituary by Betty Alberts, FAG Member #47293729.)

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Family

Parents

• Leonard Clair Walker 1893–1954 FaG
• Flora Fern Staggs Walker 1897–1952 FaG

Spouse

• Edna Leora Davis Giles 1907–1970 FaG
• Ruth Blakeslee Walker 1911–1989
• Emma Almira "Mina" Smith German 1924–2013 FaG

Siblings

• Edna Viola "Vickie" Walker Mora 1915–1992 FaG
• Meda Erma Knill Freeze 1926–2016 FaG

Children

• PFC Elbert Berton "Bert" Walker Jr 1948–1968 FaG

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