Ivan Walker
Thomas Marion Walker married Mariam Amy Mosher daugter of James L.
Mosher & Sarah J. Thompson
children
Marion Lloyd Walker 1888–1903
Blanche Walker 1890–1975 married Ezra Wooldridge
Deane E. Walker 1892–1982
married Lura A. Holm & Iva E. Smith Walker
Ivan M. Walker 1895–1965
Naomi Ruth Walker 1898–1971 married Roy Williams
Ivan M Walker Birth April 3, 1895 Plymouth Marshall county Indiana Death 7 Dec 1965
Culver Marshall county Indiana Bur Culver masonic Cemetery Culver, Marshall county Indiana
1922 - Mar 15 - Mrs. Amy Walker has bought the Lieut Dye residence property, formerly
owned b y Ed. Bergman, north of the Keen photoraph studio. Ivan Walker will occupy the
property
1924 - Apr 24 - Ivan walker is building a new house on the lot north of the
William Houghton property
1924 - Jun 4 - Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Walker moved Tuesday into their lovely new
residence on Lakeview Street
1925 - Ray E. Marshall and wife, WD to Ivan M. Walker and wife, tract of NW cor.
lot, A.D. Toner add to Vandalia Add. Culver $1.00
1935 - Oct 16 - Sergeant Wlaker Promoted
Ivan M. Walker, searean, U. S. Army, on special duty at the Academy, was
promtoed to th grade of Staff Sergeant on October 1st. At the time of his
promotion he was the ranking sergeant in the 5th corps area. He enlisted in
the service on April 23, 1917 and during the World Was served with Battery
of the 13th field artillery in ZFrance. He was also cited for bravery.
1941 - Feb. 11 - Ivan Waler Assigned to Academy Staff
Lieut. Ivan Walker has received orders attaching him to the P.M.S. & T. staff
at Culver Military Academy, where he has served for the past 21 years. He
retired as a master sergeant, and was recalled the same day as a first lieutenant.
Lieut. Walker entlisted in the army in 1917 and was a member of the 2nd Division
artillery that saw active service in FZrance during the first worl war.,
His son Tommy is not serving in the air corps.
1944 - Dec 27 - Capt. Ivan Walker left Tuesday to return to
Morgantown, WVA, after spending the weekend with Mrs. Walker at
their cottage on Long Point.
Ivan M Walker Dies Suddenly At Age of 70
Ivan M. Walker, age 70, died at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7, at his residence at 886 W e s t Shore
Drive, Culver. He had been in ill health for the past five years, although his death was unexpected.
Mr. Walker was a member of the Culver Methodist Church, the Culver W. A. Fleet American Legion
Post No. 103, and was a veteran of World War I , World, War I I , and the Korean Conflict. He
was the recipient of the Silver Star Citation in World War I .
Born April 3, 1895 , in Plymouth to Thomas E. and Amy Mosher Walker, Mr. Walker had lived nearly all
of his life in Culver, where he was stationed at Culver Military Academy for 22 years. He was a United
States Army career man with 32 1/2 years of service.
Mr. Walker was married March 2, 1920 , in Argos, to Dolyn H Kessler. who survives.
Other survivors include a son,
Thomas K. Walker
of Culver; two sisters, Mrs. Blanche Wooldridge
of Culver, and Mrs. Naomi Williams, Laguana Beach, Calif.; a brother,
Deane E. Walker of Plymouth;
and one grandson. Thomas K. Walker II , Scottsdale, Ariz.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday. Dec. 10, at. the Easterday-Bonine Funeral Home in Culver
with Rev. Carl Q. Baker, pastor of the Culver Methodist Church, officiating.
Burial will follow at the Culver Masonic Cemetery, where graveside rites will be conducted
by the American Legion Post No. 103.
married March 2, 1920 Argos, Marshall county Indiana Glendolyn Hazel "Dolyn H" Kessler
Birth Date: 23 Jun 1895 Rochester Fulton county Indiana, Death 13 Nov 1974 Culver,
Marshall County, Indiana Burial Culver Masonic Masonic Cemetery Culver, Marshall County,
Indiana daughter of ELhui Kessler and Sarah Alice Kessler.
1920 - Mar 3 - Much to the surprise of their many friends the announcement is made of
the marriage on Tuesday at Argos of Mrs. Gwendolyn Kessler and Ivan M. Walker.
Congratulations will ber hearty fot the young couple are popular with a wide circle of
firends
Mrs. Sarah Alice KESSLER, 95, Culver, a former Fulton county resident, died at 2:45 a.m. today
at the Landis nursing home in Argos where she had been a patient for several months.
Mrs. Kessler was born May 16, 1865, in Fulton county, and had resided in Culver for 61 years,
going there from Fulton county. Her husband, Elihu KESSLER, died in 1921. She was a member
of the Burton E.U.B. church.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Dolyan WALKER, Culver; Mrs. Ina GRAY, Springboro, O., and
Miss Fern KESSLER, Indianapolis; two grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Private funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Ivan WALKER residence
at 886 West Shore drive, Culver, with the Rev. Albert WELLS, of Flint, Mich., officiating. Burial
will be made in the Hoover cemetery Athens.
Friends may call at the Walker residence after noon Wednesday. The Easterday funeral home,
Culver, is in charge of arrangements - Tuesday, March 7, 1961 Rochester Sentinel
Child:
Thomas K. Walker
1945 - Nov 7 = Thomas K. Walker announces the opening of a photographer's
studio which for the present will be located at the Ivan Walker cottage on Long Point.