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!OCCUPATION: Housewife
!SOURCES: Grace Elizabeth Walker and Letha May Cromwell.
!MARRIAGE: #80 30 OCT 1865-20 OCT 1865 filed film #1034318 Boone Co. Iowa Marriages.
!DEATH: The Boone County Death Records June 1914 through June 1915--
Place of Death: Boone 421 Clinton Street
Name and date of birth: Walker, Sarah Elizabeth, Oct. 21, 1846
Age at death: 68 yrs 0 months and 2 days
Marital status: Widowed
Born: Ohio
Parent birthplace: unknown
Occupation: Housewife
Date of death: Oct. 23, 1914
Cause of death: Uremia Myocarditis and Interstitial Nephritis
Attending physician: Ben. T. Whitaker, Doctor
Buried: Linnwood Park West, Boone, Iowa
Date of burial: October 25, 1914.
OBIT: I received this from Judy Peterson of Madrid, Boone Co. Iowa WALKER
Mrs. Elizabeth (Paxton) Walker was born in Ohio, Sept. 21, 1846. When she was seven years of age her family moved to Illinois and when she was nine they moved to Boone and located on a farm near the Ledges where she resided until the time of her death, which occurred at 1 a.m. Friday, Oct. 23, 1914. At the age of nineteen she was married to Wm. P. Walker. Mr. Walker passed away in June, 1906. To this union were born fourteen children, six boys and eight girls. Three boys and one girl died in early childhood. One daughter, Lydia reached womanhood and was married to Melvin Foster, when she was taken. Six daughters and three sons are left to mourn her sad death viz--Mrs. E.C. Watkins Arcola, Canada; Mrs. J.F. Baird Boone; Mrs. E. F. Tillson, Boone; Roy Walker, Woodward; Mrs. Geo. Kent, Phillips, S. D.; Mrs. H.E. Phipps, Boone; John Walker, Boone; Mrs. Alfred Cromwell, Dayton; two sisters Mrs. Chas. Smith, Boone; and Mrs. J. H. Hope Sedala, Mo.; sixteen grandchildren and many relatives in and around Boone, as well as host of friends. Mrs. Walker has been a patient sufferer for the past two years. Since a year ago last March she had been unable to lie down and was obliged to sit up day and night Through it all, she always had a smiling face and cheery word for every one she came in contact with. Of her, the Heavenly Father might have said, "I was hungry and ye fed me. I was weary and sick and ye comforted me," for Mrs. Walker never allowed any one to leave her door hungry or in need. She always made them welcome. She was always thinking of others and never of herself. Her relatives and friends will surely miss her cheerful and smiling face. She was buried on Sunday, Oct. 25 at 2 p.m. from the home of her daughter, Mrs. E.E. Tillson, 421 Clinton Street. The Rev. J.W. Babcock of the Christian Church conducted the funeral services. He spoke helpful, cheering words to relatives and friends, telling them to look to the Heavenly Father for comfort; that He would surely be a Mother as well as Father to them. Sweet comforting music was made by a quartet composed of Mrs. F. A. Mershon, Miss Gay Hart, Harry Weaver and Harold Stout. They sang "On Business for the King," "My Father Knows" and "Safe in the Arms of Jesus." The last song was a favorite of Mrs. Walker and one her children. She would sing it many times while about home duties. The pallbearers were sons in laws with one exception, Lou Baird, a grandson, they being unable to locate one son in law, Geo. Kent. Many beautiful floral offerings were sent showing the love and esteem in which Mrs. Walker was held by her relatives and friends. Her funeral was one of the largest home funerals held in Boone for some time.
Note: !CENSUS: 1870 Worth TWP. Boone CO. Iowa, 1895 Worth TWP. Boone CO. Iowa, 1900 Worth TWP. Boon
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