Samuel Clinton "Sam" Walker ²

   Cause of his death was a heart attack.

  Medical Notes:

Sam died in the shower.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1910, Morning Sun Township, Louisa County, Iowa. ⁵ Samuel C. Walker, son, male, white, age 0/12, single, born in Iowa, father born in Iowa, mother born in Iowa, no occupation

• Iowa State Census, 1915, Morning Sun Township, Louisa County, Iowa. ⁶ Card Number: 436, male, white, single, could not read, could not write, number of years in Iowa: 4, Samuel C. Walker, age 4, Louisa County, post office address: Morning Sun, Morning Sun Township, birth place: Iowa, did not own home or farm, father's birthplace: Iowa, mother's birthplace: Iowa, signed by assessor: J. B. Owens

• Census, 1920, Morning Sun Township, Louisa County, Iowa. ⁷ Sammie C. Walker, son, male white age 19 (s/b 9), single, attended school during the previous year, could read, could write, born in Iowa, father born in Iowa, mother born in Iowa, could speak English, occupation none

• Iowa State Census, 1925, Morning Sun Township, Louisa County, Iowa. ⁸ Samuel C. Walker, son, male, white, age 14, single, attended grade school, state highest grade (1-8): 8, number of months in school in 1924: 9, could read, could write, place of birth: Iowa, name of father: Samuel N. Walker, father's birthplace: Iowa, father's age at last birthday: 55, name of mother: Hattie M. Moyers, mother's birthplace: Iowa, place of marriage of parents: Morning Sun, Iowa, church affiliation: none

• High School: Wapello High School, 1929, Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa. ²

• Newspaper Article/Notice, 1929. ⁹ Leads in Class Play

Miss Marion Cover and Mr. Sam Walker will have the leading parts in the senior class play, "Be An Optimist," which will be given at the Wapello high school auditorium on Tuesday evening, June 4.

• Census, 1930, Morning Sun Township, Louisa County, Iowa. ¹⁰ Line Number: 78; Name: Sam C. Walker; Relation: Son; Sex: Male; Color or Race: White; Age at Last Birthday: 20; Marital Condition: Single; School or College Since September 1, 1929: No; Could Read and Write: Yes; Where Born: Iowa; Where Father Was Born: Iowa; Where Mother Was Born: Iowa; State or M. T. Code: 65; Whether Able to Speak English: Yes; Trade, Profession: Farm Laborer; Industry: General Farming; Code: VIVV; Employer, Wage Worker, or Own Account: Wage Worker; Actually at Work (Y/N): Yes; Veteran (Y/N): No

• Residence, October 5, 1930, Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois. ¹¹

• Occupation, between 1932 and 1933, Iowa. ³ Sam worked in the government CCC Camp for a year or two (during the Depression) after graduating from high school.

• Residence, 1933, New London, Henry County, Iowa. ¹² (This may have been during the time when Sam was in the Civilian Conservation Corps.)

• Residence, 1936, Springville, Linn County, Iowa. ¹³

• Occupation, between 1941 and 1945, Marion, Linn County, Iowa. ³ Sam was in business with his brother, William David Walker, between 1941 and 1945 in Marion, Iowa.

• Occupation, between 1946 and 1972, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa. ¹⁴ Sam Walker worked as a sheet metal worker at Quaker Oats Company in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, between 1946 and 1972.

• Retirement: Quaker Oats, 1972, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa. ¹

• Organizations: Quaker (Oats) Old Timers. ¹

• Religion: the First United Methodist Church: Marion, Linn County, Iowa. ¹

• Organizations: the (Masonic) Trojan Lodge #548, AF&AM. ¹

• Obituary, October 1991. ¹ Sam C. Walker, 81, of 3801 Lexington Drive N.E., Cedar Rapids, died Sunday morning, October 20, 1991, at his home following a lengthy illness. Born the son of Samuel and Hattie Moyer[s] Walker on March 27, 1910, at Wapello, he married Elizabeth Hatt on July 6, 1935, at Monmouth, Illinois. An employee of Quaker Oats for twenty-six years, he retired in 1972. He was a member of First United Methodist Church, Marion, Trojan Lodge No. 548, AF&AM, and Quaker Old Timers.

Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth, a son, Dr. Jerry D. Walker of Iowa City; and three sisters, Elsie Walker of Marshalltown, Margie Kimble of Morning Sun, and Viola Van Heuten [sic: Houten] of Corpus Christi, Texas. Also surviving are a daughter-in-law, Judith Walker, and two grandchildren, Elizabeth Guyer, and James Walker. He was preceded in death by six brothers and four sisters.

SERVICES: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, October 22, 1991, at the Murdoch Chapel in Marion, Iowa. Conducted by: Reverend Stanley Wierson. Masonic services by Trojan Lodge No. 548. Organist: Bethel Sylvester. BURIAL: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

• Funeral Program, October 1991. ¹⁵ Sometimes the road of life seems long
as we travel through the years
And, with a heart that's broken
and eyes brimful of tears,
We falter in our weariness
and sink beside the way,
But God leans down and whispers,
"Child, there'll be another day"
And the road will grow much smoother
and much easier to face,
So do not be disheartened-
this is just a "resting place."

Helen Steiner Rice

* * * * MURDOCH SERVICE* * * *

• Social Security Administration Information. ¹⁶ Samuel C. Walker; born: 27 March 1910; died: 20 October 1991; state where issued: Iowa

Sam married Elizabeth Etta "Betty" Hatt, daughter of Alexander Howie Hatt and Elizabeth Ellen "Lizzie" Tice, on July 6, 1935 in Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois.¹ (Elizabeth Etta "Betty" Hatt was born on May 16, 1914 in Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa,^{3 16} died on May 9, 1997 at Saint Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa ¹⁶ and was buried on May 12, 1997 in the Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa ^{4 17 18}.)

  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. ¹⁹

• Residence, May 18, 1936, Springville, Linn County, Iowa. ¹³

• Residence, March 1939, Marion, Linn County, Iowa. ²⁰

• City Directory: Polk's Burlington (Des Moines County, Iowa) City Directory, 1943, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. ²¹ 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. ²² Samuel C. Walker (wife Elizabeth E.), employee of the Iowa Ordnance Plant, householder at 314 Belmont Court.

• Residence, March 1957, Marion, Linn County, Iowa. ²³

• Residence, November 1967, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa. ^{2 24} 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. ⁴ 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"