The eldest of 6 children of John Hannah and Viola Courter, , Jennie was the first cousin three-times-removed on the father's side of Jay Hannah, was born in Henry Co., Jackson Twp., IA on Jul 20, 1892 and married Samuel Walker (with whom she had 5 children: Viola Belle, John Henry, Marjorie Naomi, Robert Charles and Roseallie Reil) in Davenport, IA on Mar 27, 1920.
She died on Feb 17, 1958 in Burlington Hospital, Ia. Bur. Elmwood Cmty., Morning Sun, IA.
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Mrs. Jennie Walker
Mrs. Jennie Reil Walker, 65, of Morning Sun, died in Burlington hospitalMonday, Feb. 17.
Last rites will be conducted at the Presbyterian church of Morning Sun at2 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. Floyd Bowerman will officiate, and burial willbe in Elmwood cemetery, Morning Sun. The body is at the Pierce funeralhome, in Morning Sun.
The daughter of John and Viola Couter Hannah, Mrs. Walker was born inHenry county on July 20, 1892. The family settled in Morning Sun in 1913,and on Mar. 27, 1920, she was married to Samuel N. Walker. They weremarried at Davenport. Walker died Mar. 16, 1957. A daughter, RosalieWalker, died in infancy, and a son, John Walker, was reported missing inaction in Germany in World War II.
Surviving are a son and two daughters: Robert Walker, Burlington; Mrs.Viola Van Houten, Corpus Christi, Texas, and Mrs. Marjorie Kimble,Morning Sun. Nine step-children also survive. George Walker and Mrs.Myrtle Dotson, both of West Burlington; Clifford Walker and Mrs. LeotaBrumm, both of New London; Samuel and William Walker, both of Marion;Mrs. Maude Fortner, Detroit; Elsie Walker, Benton, Ark., and Paul Walker,of San Bernardino, Calif.
Mrs. Walker also leaves 30 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren,andthe following sisters: Mrs. Belle Oakley, Morning Sun; Mrs. BerthaMcDowell, Mount Pleasant; Mrs. Esther Richardson, Crawfordsville, andMrs. Mary Higgenbottom, of Alameda, Calif.
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