Louis Augustine WALKER

• General Notes
  • aka Lewis, Louis A.
    
    b. Daviess Cty, IN
    baptized St. Michael's, 24 Feb 1918
    residing in Daviess Cty in 1930
    was graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine
    served in Army during WWII
    m. St. Michael's Church, Daviess Cty, IN 31 Jul 1943 to Olene MC GUIRE
    practiced medicine in Greenburg, Decatur, IN (obit)
    residing Greenburg, Decatur, IN in Dec 1956 (mother Pearl's obit)
    practiced medicine in TN and NC (obit)
    d. Hampstead, NC
    buried St. John Cemetery, Loogootee (city), Martin Cty, IN
    
    SSDI:
    Name:    Louis A. Walker
    SSN:    309-18-0963 
    Last Residence:    28443  Hampstead, Pender, North Carolina, United States of America
    Born:    8 Feb 1918
    Last Benefit:    28443  Hampstead, Pender, North Carolina, United States of America
    Died:    1 Oct 1987
    State (Year) SSN issued:    Indiana (Before 1951)
    
    cemetery record:
    Name: WALKER, Louis A., MD
    Birth: 08 Feb 1918
    Death: [Deceased]
    Section & Lot: H-262
    Stone: 01
    Lot Owner: Walker/Bradley
    Notes: [Blocked]
    
    source:
    St. John, Loogootee, IN Church Records
    http://www.rtccom.net/~stjlogot/StJohn/Index.htm#OnlineRecords
    
    obit:
    Times Herald, Washington, IN, Mon 5 Oct 1987
    Dr. Louis Walker
       Wilmington, N.C. - Dr. Louis A. Walker, 69, former resident of Daviess County at the St. Michael's community, died Thursday morning in Wilmington, N.C.
       Services were at 10 a.m. today at St. Stanislaus Church in Wilmington, N.C.  Graveside services will be at St. John's Cemetery at Loogootee at 11 a.m. Wednesday.  The casket will be open at the cemetery.
       He was born Feb. 8, 1918 in Daviess County to George L. and Pearl M. Spalding Walker.  He married Olene McGuire and she survives.  He was a retired physician.  After completing medical school, he practiced in Greensburg, Indiana, in Tennessee and in North Carolina..  He was educated in Daviess County Schools and was a graduate of Indiana University School of Medicine.  He was a member of St. Michael's when a resident of Daviess County.  He served in the army during World War II.  Surviving are his wife and three sons, Dr. Joseph Walker, Cannelton, Jeff Walker, Seattle, Wash., and James Walker, Boston, Mass., one granddaughter, three brothers, and one sister, J.B. Walker, Washington, Rte. 2, John Walker, Granger, Lawrence Walker, Elkhart, and Mrs. Rosemary Zeeveld, Carmel.  One brother, James Walker, is deceased.  (Oct 1, 1987)
    
    source:  scan of original, courtesy Donna Bishop
    
    from mother Pearl's 1956 obit:
    Washington Daily Times, Mon 3 Dec 1956, front page
    Mrs. Pearl Walker Died Saturday
    [...] Surviving besides her husband are five sons:  John G. Walker, Granger; J. B. Walker, R. R. 1, Odon; Lawrence S. Walker, Mishawaka; Dr. Louis A. Walker, Greensburg; and Capt. James A. Walker, U.S. Air Force, Frankfort [sic], Germany, and one daughter, Mrs. Rosemary Ramsey, of Indianapolis.  There are 18 grandchildren.  One sister, Mrs. Helen Doyle, of Indianapolis, also survives.
    
    source:  scan of original clipping
    
    Evansville diocese, Judy Neff:  Louis Walker was baptized at St. Michael's on February 24, 1918 and married Olene McGuire on July 31, 1943 at St. Michael's.
    
    birth record citation:
    Name:    Walker, Lewis
    Father:    George 
    Mother:    Pearl Spaulding 
    County:    Daviess 
    Gender:    M 
    Birth Date:    08 Feb 1918 
    Reference:    Daviess County, Indiana
    Index to Birth Records
    1882 - 1920 Inclusive
    Volume I
    Letters A - K Inclusive
    Daviess County, Indiana
    Index to Birth Records
    1882 - 1920 Inclusive
    Volume II
    Letters L - Z Inclusive 
    Book:    H-10 
    Page:    83

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