Grant Jay Walker

1920 - 2005  (85 years)

• Name	Grant Jay Walker  [1]
  Nickname	Whitey
  Born	6 Jul 1920	Lyman, Uinta, Wyoming   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 Oct 2005	Lyman, Uinta, Wyoming
  	LYMAN Grant J. Whitey Walker, 85, died Saturday, Oct. 15, 2005, at his home in Lyman after a long struggle with Lou Gehrigs Disease. Walker was born July 6, 1920, in Lyman, to Levi Orson and Amelia Jane Grow Walker. He married Dorothy Mae Angwin in Lawton, Okla., on July 31, 1943. She died on Feb. 22, 1994. Walker was raised on a ranch near Lyman where he was the ninth child of 16 brothers and sisters, one half-brother, one half-sister and three stepbrothers. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He attended then schools and lived in Lyman most of his life. He was a veteran of World War II serving from Sept. 18, 1942, to Nov. 9, 1945. While serving he received the Bronze Star Medal and World War II Victory Medal. After returning from the war, he settled his family in Lyman. He eventually started work for the town of Lyman as a fire chief, town marshal, town clerk and public works director. He served for 30 years retiring in 1985. He was Citizen of tar in 1986 and Citizen of the Century in 2000. Walkers pursuits included spending time with his family and friends, hunting, fishing and snowmobiling. He was an avid rock hound. He is survived by his children, Diana and husband Linden Belnap of Washington Terrace, Utah, Susan and husband Larry Carsten of Spanaway, Wash., Kenneth and wife Shauna Walker, Gary, Terry, and Judy and husband Butch of Lyman; 12 grandchi; 30 great-grandchildren with three on the way; brothers, Dwight, Darrell, Claude and Clinton Walker; sisters, Theo Lamb, Merle Rees, Joan Stringer and Mathel Anderson; half-brother, Guild Walker; half-sister, Lorna Maxwell; and two stepbrothers, Bruce and Keith Warren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy; son, Lenard; grandson, Quinton; parents; stepmother, Katie; five brothers; two sisters; and one stepbrother. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, 2005, at the Lyman LDS Stake Center in Urie, near Lyman. Viewing will be conducted Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2005, from 7-8:30 p.m. and Thursday from 9:30-10:45 a.m. prior to the fl at the Lyman LDS Stake Center in Urie. ___________________________________________________________
  Buried	Lyman City Cemetery
  Person ID	I2295	Grow
  Last Modified	30 May 2012

  
  

  Father	Levi Orsen Walker,   b. 27 Jan 1888, Eden, Weber, Utah ,   d. 19 Feb 1968, Lyman, Uinta, Wyoming  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Amelia Jane Grow,   b. 23 Aug 1890, Huntsville, Weber, Utah ,   d. 23 Feb 1934, Rock Springs, Sweetwater, Wyoming  (Age 43 years)
  Married	26 Dec 1908	Eden, Weber, Utah
  Family ID	F768	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorothy Mae Angwin,   b. 14 Dec 1921, Hanna, Carbon, Wyoming ,   d. 22 Feb 1994, Lyman, Uinta, Wyoming  (Age 72 years)
  Married	31 Jul 1943	Lawton, Commanche, Oklahoma
  Children	1. Diana Walker   2. Susan Walker   3. Lenard Jay Walker,   b. 10 Nov 1947, Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming ,   d. 7 May 1990, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah  (Age 42 years)   4. Kenneth Walker   5. Gary Walker   6. Terry Walker   7. Judy Walker
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2012
  Family ID	F2100	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 6 Jul 1920 - Lyman, Uinta, Wyoming Married - 31 Jul 1943 - Lawton, Commanche, Oklahoma Died - 15 Oct 2005 - Lyman, Uinta, Wyoming  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S78] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Lyman, Uinta, Wyoming; Roll: 2625; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 16; Image: 400.0. Birth date: abt 1921 Birth place: Residence date: 1930 Residence place: Lyman, Uinta, Wyoming