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The Daily Times-Call
Publish date: 12/20/2007
Feb. 29, 1920 — Dec. 19, 2007 Jean D. WALKER
, 87, of Longmont died Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at her home.
She was born February 29, 1920 in Camden, New Jersey to Franklin and
Elizabeth A. (Guy) Diffenderfer.
Jean graduated from Wilson College with a bachelor’s degree in teaching in
the early 1940s. She obtained her master’s degree from Millersville State
College in Pennsylvania in 1975. She studied in Paris, France at the Sorbonne
School on a Fulbright Scholarship.
She married Dr. Robert E. Walker on May 4, 1946 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Jean moved to Longmont in 1946 from Pennsylvania.
Jean was a Latin and French teacher at
Longmont High School
and also taught at Longs Peak Junior High and
Niwot High School. She retired in
1985.
Jean was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, AAUW and Central Presbyterian Church.
She enjoyed playing the piano, knitting and spending time with her family and
friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband and her parents.
Survivors include her sons, Timothy F. “Tim” Walker and his wife Linda of
Richmond, Texas and James G. “Jim” Walker
and his wife Ginny of Longmont; three grandchildren, Zach Walker, Elizabeth
“Betsy” Doucette and her husband Scott and Katherine “Kayti” Walker and two
great-grandchildren, Conner and Ryan Doucette. Visitation 3 to 6 p.m. Friday,
December 21, 2007 at Ahlberg Funeral Chapel with family present to greet
friends. Funeral service 10 a.m. Saturday, December 22, 2007 at Central
Presbyterian Church with Rev. Joanne Buchanan-Brown of Mountain Valley Health
Care officiating. Interment Longmont Mountain View Cemetery. Memorial
contributions may be made to Faithful Servant Fund or to Mountain Valley Hospice
and sent to Ahlberg Funeral Chapel. Visit www.ahlbergfuneralchapel.com to leave
condolences for the family. |
