Sunday, April 19, 2020

Durwood M. Walk (1925 - 1959)

Durwood M. Walk, 1313 Blair Ave., died about 3:30 a.m. today at Tyrone Hospital after a brief illness, of a heart attack.

He was born Jan. 29, 1925 at Tyrone, the son of Wilbur and Bertha A. Richards Wal.  He was married to Carman Ray of Tyrone, Jan. 20 1947, at Winchester, Va.

He is survived by his parents, his widow, the following children:  Carlyne, Yvonne, Renee and Michele, all at home; the following brothers and sisters:  Wilbur, Jr., Tyrone, Herman W. and Stanley R., Norristown, Phyllis E., Tyrone, and Anna Louise, Philadelphia.

He had been employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. as a baggageman at Tyrone.  He was a member of Howard Gardner Post No. 281, American Legion.

Funeral service will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Johnson Funeral Home, in charge of Frederick Endress.  Burial will be in Blair Memorial Park, with military honors.

Source:  Tyrone Daily Herald, Tuesday, January 27, 1959

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