Elizabeth Etta "Betty" Hatt ²

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census, 1920, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa. ⁷ Elizabeth E. Hatt, daughter, female, white, age 5, single, attended school during the previous year, born in Iowa, father born in Canada (spoke German), mother born in Iowa, no occupation

• Census, 1930, Marion, Linn County, Iowa. ⁸ Betty Hatt, daughter, female, white, age 16, single attended school during the previous year, born in Iowa, father born in Canada (English), mother born in Iowa, state code 65, country code 43, nativity 1, could speak English, occupation helper, industry laundry, code 7797, not paid (NP), at work not unemployed at time of census

• High School: Marion High School, 1933, Marion, Linn County, Iowa. ⁵

• Occupation, between 1962 and 1990, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa. ⁵ Betty worked for Vetter-Parks Lumber Company in Cedar Rapids for 28 years between 1962 and 1990.

• Retirement, 1990, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa. ⁵

• Religion: First United Methodist Church: Marion, Linn County, Iowa. ⁵

• Organizations. ⁵ Betty belonged to the UMW Rebekah Circle, Chapter 183 O. E. S.

• Organizations. ⁵ She participated in Amigos in Cedar Rapids. (The Los Amigos Club is a charitable organization emphasizing ethnic culture and dance.)

• Obituary, May 1997. ⁵ Elizabeth Etta "Betty" Walker, 82, of 3801 Lexington Drive, Cedar Rapids, died Friday, May 9, 1997, at St. Luke's hospital, after a brief illness. Services: Monday, Murdoch Funeral home, Marion, where friends may call from 4 to 6 p.m. today. The Reverend Stan Wierson will officiate. Burial: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery.

Survivors include a son, Dr. Jerry D. Walker and wife Judy of Iowa City; a sister Jeanne McArthur of San Bernardino, California; two brothers, Harry Hatt of Burlington, and John Hatt of Cedar Rapids; a granddaughter, Betsy Guyer and husband Shayne, and their children, Nathan, Samuel, and Blythe; a grandson, Jim Walker; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband , Samuel; two sisters, Helen Cooper and Mary Cira; and four brothers, Richard, R. L., Vince, and Thomas Hatt.

Born the daughter of Alexander H. and Elizabeth Tice Hatt on May 16, 1914, in Iowa City, she married Samuel C. Walker on July 6, 1935, in Monmouth, Illinois. He died October 20, 1991.

Elizabeth was a graduate of Marion High School in 1933 and was employed as a bookeeper-secretary at Vetter-Parks Lumber Company in Cedar Rapids for 28 years, retiring in 1990. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Marion and UMW Rebekah Circle; Chapter 183, O. E. S.; and Amigos.

A memorial fund has been established for First United Methodist Church, Marion, and the Marion High School Foundation.

• Social Security Administration Information. ³ Elizabeth E. Walker; born: 16 May 1914; died: 9 May 1997; last residence: 52402 (Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa); state where issued: Iowa

Betty married Samuel Clinton "Sam" Walker, son of Samuel Nathaniel "Sam" Walker and Hattie Mae "Harriett" Moyers, on July 6, 1935 in Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois.¹ (Samuel Clinton "Sam" Walker was born on March 27, 1910 in Louisa County, Iowa,² died on October 20, 1991 in Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa ² and was buried on October 22, 1991 in the Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa ^{1 6}.) The cause of his death was a heart attack.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Fact. According to family genealogist Marjorie Kimble, for a time in the 1930s it was the "in" thing for Southeast Iowa people to do to go to Monmouth, Illinois, to get married. Sam and Betty Walker did this. Later people went to Kahoka, Missouri (Bill and Margaret Walker, for example). Still later couples went to Nashua, where "The Little Brown Church in the Vale" was located. Why these places were arbitrarily popular and chosen is unknown.

• Residence, April 6, 1936, Springville, Linn County, Iowa. ⁹

• Residence, May 18, 1936, Springville, Linn County, Iowa. ¹⁰

• Residence, March 1939, Marion, Linn County, Iowa. ¹¹

• City Directory: Polk's Burlington (Des Moines County, Iowa) City Directory, 1943, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. ¹² Samuel C. Walker (wife Elizabeth), sheet metal worker at the Iowa Ordnance Plant, householder at 314 Belmont Court.

• City Directory: Polk's Burlington (Des Moines County, Iowa) City Directory, 1945, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. ¹³ Samuel C. Walker (wife Elizabeth E.), employee of the Iowa Ordnance Plant, householder at 314 Belmont Court.

• Residence, March 1957, Marion, Linn County, Iowa. ¹⁴

• Residence, November 1967, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa. ^{15 16} Probably around 1963 or 1964, Sam and Betty moved onto an acreage which was nearly "in the country," although I believe it was in the city limits of an ever expanding Cedar Rapids. They had a black Shetland pony named Midnight when they lived at this location.

• Gravestone Inscription. ⁶ Sam and Betty Walker's gravestone is at Cedar Park Memorial Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa. The inscription on the stone is: "Walker, Samuel C. 1910 - 1991; Elizabeth E., 1914 - 1997"