In Memory Of
Shirley Walker
Shirley Walker
Shirley Jeanne Walker, 87, passed away July 24, 2011 peacefully in Denver, Colorado. As a longtime Casper resident, she loved Casper dearly, and was in Denver for health reasons.
Shirley Jeanne Walker was born December 27, 1923 in Cooperstown, North Dakota. After graduating from High School in Cooperstown in 1941, she attended Valley City Teachers College. After teaching school in rural North Dakota, she joined the United States Cadet Nurse Corp in 1944. She graduated from Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing in Spokane, Washington in 1947. She married Eugene Walker in 1947, and moved to Casper, Wyoming. She worked as a nurse at Natrona County Memorial Hospital (now Wyoming Medical Center) from 1949 to 1989. In 2002, she was invited to have her name listed as a member of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial.
She is survived by her sons David Walker of Thornton, Colorado, Dr. Michael Walker and wife Laurie of Sitka, Alaska, and Robert Walker of Casper, Wyoming; stepson Clifford Walker and wife Cookie of Glenrock, Wyoming; granddaughters April Carman and husband Hans of Richland, Washington, Angela Allie and husband Joel of Denver, Colorado, Miranda Thompson and husband Ryan of Laramie, Wyoming, Allison Walker of Portland, Oregon, and Amber Samuelson of Denver, Colorado; sisters Bonnie Yee of Lafayette, California, Neoma Stumpf of Cooperstown, North Dakota; brother Charles Perchert of Houston, Texas; and five great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Eugene Walker, and her daughter Barbara (Walker) Carbaugh, and three brothers Budd Perchert, Dale Perchert, and Jackie Perchert.
Funeral services will be Sunday, July 30, 2011, 2:00 PM at The Seventh Day Adventist Church, 2625 Casper Mountain Rd.,with Pastor Bob McCumber officiating. Interment will follow in The Wyoming Memorial Garden Cemetery. The family will receive friends at The Newcomer Funeral Home , 710 E. 2nd, on Saturday from 6 to 7PM.
Memorial contributions may be made directly to the Seventh Day Adventist Church, 2625 Casper Mountain Rd, Casper, Wy 82601.
Shirley Jeanne Walker was born December 27, 1923 in Cooperstown, North Dakota. After graduating from High School in Cooperstown in 1941, she attended Valley City Teachers College. After teaching school in rural North Dakota, she joined the United States Cadet Nurse Corp in 1944. She graduated from Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing in Spokane, Washington in 1947. She married Eugene Walker in 1947, and moved to Casper, Wyoming. She worked as a nurse at Natrona County Memorial Hospital (now Wyoming Medical Center) from 1949 to 1989. In 2002, she was invited to have her name listed as a member of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial.
She is survived by her sons David Walker of Thornton, Colorado, Dr. Michael Walker and wife Laurie of Sitka, Alaska, and Robert Walker of Casper, Wyoming; stepson Clifford Walker and wife Cookie of Glenrock, Wyoming; granddaughters April Carman and husband Hans of Richland, Washington, Angela Allie and husband Joel of Denver, Colorado, Miranda Thompson and husband Ryan of Laramie, Wyoming, Allison Walker of Portland, Oregon, and Amber Samuelson of Denver, Colorado; sisters Bonnie Yee of Lafayette, California, Neoma Stumpf of Cooperstown, North Dakota; brother Charles Perchert of Houston, Texas; and five great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Eugene Walker, and her daughter Barbara (Walker) Carbaugh, and three brothers Budd Perchert, Dale Perchert, and Jackie Perchert.
Funeral services will be Sunday, July 30, 2011, 2:00 PM at The Seventh Day Adventist Church, 2625 Casper Mountain Rd.,with Pastor Bob McCumber officiating. Interment will follow in The Wyoming Memorial Garden Cemetery. The family will receive friends at The Newcomer Funeral Home , 710 E. 2nd, on Saturday from 6 to 7PM.
Memorial contributions may be made directly to the Seventh Day Adventist Church, 2625 Casper Mountain Rd, Casper, Wy 82601.
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