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In loving memory

Mary Edith Walker

Washington Time-Herald
22 Jun 2009

LOOGOOTEE — Mary Edith (Matthewson) Walker, 86, was peacefully delivered to her heavenly Father at 10:15 p.m. Saturday while surrounded by her loving family. Born Dec. 21, 1922, in Daviess County, she was the daughter of Cecil and Inez (Spaulding) Matthewson. She graduated from Montgomery High School in 1941 and St. Vincent School of Nursing in 1944. Upon completion of her nursing degree, she worked for Daviess County Hospital and later went to work for Dr. Robert E. Chattin of Loogootee. Upon his retirement she finished her nursing career in Montgomery as the Barr-Reeve school nurse, retiring in 1989. She was a member of St. John’s Church, Daughters of Isabella, Retired Nurses Association and St. Vincent’s Alumni. Mary Edith was devoted to her faith, family and friends. She loved cooking, especially around the holiday season, and was known for her cookies, peanut brittle and fruit cake. But with all her culinary skills, divinity was never mastered. Mary Edith enjoyed playing cards, dice and listening to the 1940’s Big Band-era music. She is survived by her son, Richard D. Taylor and his companion, Mary “Susie” Chanley; granddaughter, Stephanie (Taylor) Trambaugh; grandson, Jonathon Taylor and his wife Candy; and great-grandchildren, Brayton and Olivia Taylor, all of Loogootee. Her second husband, William A. Walker, precedes her in death, along with younger siblings Joseph and Dan Matthewson and Ida Mae (Matthewson) Healy. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Peter’s Church in Montgomery. Burial will be in St. Peter’s Cemetery. Visitation will begin with a wake service at 4 p.m. Wednesday and continue until 8 p.m. at Brocksmith Funeral Home in Loogootee. Preferred memorials are to the Barr-Reeve Scholarship Foundation, P.O. Box 25, Montgomery, IN 47558, in memory of Mary Edith (Matthewson) Walker or St. John’s Catholic Church in Loogootee.
(June 20, 2009)

Contributed by: LJG

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