Submitted by: Dan Rich
Oct. 13, 1915 - March 21, 2000
South Bend Tribune 3/24/2000
Dorothy Mae (McCormick) Walker, 84,
of Lincoln Way East, Mishawaka, Ind., passed away of natural
causes at 2:20 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21, in the St. Joseph Care
Center West.
Mrs. Walker was born on Oct. 13, 1915, to
Edward and Donna (Thate) McCormick in South Bend,
Ind.
On Oct. 9, 1927, she married O. Everett
Walker in South Bend. He preceded her in death in October 1995.
She was also preceded in death by her brothers, Richard McCormick
and Eugene McCormick. She is survived by a daughter, Judith Ann Gorbacz
of South Bend; two sons, James Everett Walker of Millersport,
Ohio, and Richard Guy Walker of Kannapolis, N.C.; two sisters,
Donna Hennessey of Bloomington, Ind., and Ruth Murphy
of Indianapolis; and by eight grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Walker was a graduate of South Bend
Central High School, and was a homemaker. She was a member of the
Eastern Star, Ladies Auxiliary of Avalon Grotto, and the Zion
United Church of Christ. We cherish the memory of our loving
mother. She will be dearly missed.
Visitation will be held from 1 to 2 p.m.
today, March 24, in the Chapel Hill Funeral Home, Osceola, Ind.
Services will begin at 2 p.m. today, with Reverend Jack Cary
officiating at the funeral home. Interment will follow in Chapel
Hill Memorial Gardens.