1923
Elnora
2015
Elnora Engle Walker
June 14, 1923 — June 5, 2015
Elnora “Ellie” Engle Walker 1923 - 2015
Elnora Walker passed away on June 5, 2015 just short of her 92nd birthday in Austin, Texas surrounded by family members.
She was born June 14, 1923 to Lydia Adona and Kenneth Engle in Fort Towson, Oklahoma and was a 1940 graduate of Borger High School in Borger, Texas. Elnora was also a graduate of West Texas State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Education and minor in English.
Elnora married her husband of 70 years, Robert M. (Bob) Walker on December 13, 1941, in Borger, Texas where she enjoyed working at the Panhandle State Bank.
Elnora spent her life serving the Lord and others. She was a dedicated and active mother of three, an accomplished farm wife, and spent many years working as secretary for First Baptist Church, Panhandle, in the Chaplain’s office at the Amarillo Air Force Base, in banking at First National Bank, Panhandle and Amarillo National Bank, as well as having been Office Manager at the American Cancer Society office in Amarillo later in life. She cared deeply about the cultural heritage of the farming community and was active to organize the fund-raising that ensured the restoration, preservation and removal of the Conway Community Church to the Square House Museum in Panhandle. She was an active member of the Ruth Class at First Baptist Church, Amarillo. She hailed from a family line that traces its roots to one of the 17 barons who established the Magna Carta, and took pride in being a member of the National Society of Magna Charta Dames & Barons and enjoyed writing newsletters for the local Amarillo Chapter and for her Sunday School class well into her 80’s.
She is survived by her son, Milton Walker of Pearland, Texas, and her two daughters, Shirley Walker Hunt of Ardmore, Oklahoma and Deborah Walker (Vassilev) of Austin, Texas and one sister, Mary Greer of Midland, Texas, along with seven grandchildren, Robert Vassilev, Laura Vassilev, Clint Walker, Sarah Sturm, Ethan House, Angela Apel, Erin Schaefer, and five great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Adona McClane, her father, Kenneth Engle, step-father, Fletcher McClane, her husband, Bob, and a sister, Helen Obrecht.
Funeral services are set for 10 am, Wednesday, June 10, 2015 in the Chapel at First Baptist Church in Amarillo, 1208 Tyler Street. The family will hold a visitation downstairs across from the chapel in room 113 from 9 am to 10 am preceding the service. The graveside service will follow at the Claude Cemetery. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 South Georgia.
Elnora Walker passed away on June 5, 2015 just short of her 92nd birthday in Austin, Texas surrounded by family members.
She was born June 14, 1923 to Lydia Adona and Kenneth Engle in Fort Towson, Oklahoma and was a 1940 graduate of Borger High School in Borger, Texas. Elnora was also a graduate of West Texas State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Education and minor in English.
Elnora married her husband of 70 years, Robert M. (Bob) Walker on December 13, 1941, in Borger, Texas where she enjoyed working at the Panhandle State Bank.
Elnora spent her life serving the Lord and others. She was a dedicated and active mother of three, an accomplished farm wife, and spent many years working as secretary for First Baptist Church, Panhandle, in the Chaplain’s office at the Amarillo Air Force Base, in banking at First National Bank, Panhandle and Amarillo National Bank, as well as having been Office Manager at the American Cancer Society office in Amarillo later in life. She cared deeply about the cultural heritage of the farming community and was active to organize the fund-raising that ensured the restoration, preservation and removal of the Conway Community Church to the Square House Museum in Panhandle. She was an active member of the Ruth Class at First Baptist Church, Amarillo. She hailed from a family line that traces its roots to one of the 17 barons who established the Magna Carta, and took pride in being a member of the National Society of Magna Charta Dames & Barons and enjoyed writing newsletters for the local Amarillo Chapter and for her Sunday School class well into her 80’s.
She is survived by her son, Milton Walker of Pearland, Texas, and her two daughters, Shirley Walker Hunt of Ardmore, Oklahoma and Deborah Walker (Vassilev) of Austin, Texas and one sister, Mary Greer of Midland, Texas, along with seven grandchildren, Robert Vassilev, Laura Vassilev, Clint Walker, Sarah Sturm, Ethan House, Angela Apel, Erin Schaefer, and five great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Adona McClane, her father, Kenneth Engle, step-father, Fletcher McClane, her husband, Bob, and a sister, Helen Obrecht.
Funeral services are set for 10 am, Wednesday, June 10, 2015 in the Chapel at First Baptist Church in Amarillo, 1208 Tyler Street. The family will hold a visitation downstairs across from the chapel in room 113 from 9 am to 10 am preceding the service. The graveside service will follow at the Claude Cemetery. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 South Georgia.
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