Blair A. Walk, 75, of Vail, Tyrone RD 3, died Tuesday, August 27, 1985 at 7 a.m. at the Tyrone Hospital after a lengthy illness.
He was born June 5, 1910 at Hannah, Port Matilda RD 2, the son of George M. and Leona Price Walk. On June 21, 1939 at Tyrone, he was married to Ethel P. Dixon.
He is survived by his wife, four sons and one daughter, Clayton Walk, Mrs. John (Nancy) Hammond and Blair Walk Jr., all of Vali, David Walk, at home, and Clair Walk, of Upper Bald Eagle, 11 grandchildren, one great grandson and four brothers and two sisters, Howard Walk, Bald Eagle; Wilbur Walk, Tyrone; Mrs. Olive Poullos, Tyrone Forge; Gordon Walk, Vail; Mrs. Nellie Burd, Lewistown and Stanley Walk, Ithaca, N.Y. He was preceded in death by two sons and six brothers and sisters.
He was a member of the Hannah United Methodist Church and retired on June 1, 1975 as a custodian at Big Yank Corp. after six years of service. Prior to that time he had been employed a number of years by the Tyrone Borough as a caretaker at Reservoir Park.
Funeral service will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Feller Memorial Home with the Rev. David E. Shultaberger officiating. Interment will be at the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Port Matilda RD w. Friends will be received at the memorial home today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Thursday from 11 a.m. until the time of the service.
Source: Tyrone Daily Herald, Wednesday, August 28, 1985
Note: Blair was one of my great grandfather's brothers.
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