St. Clair County Obits

WADE E. WALKER

Hill & Son Funeral Home
July 29, 1916 - January 2, 2004
Wade E. Walker was born July 29, 1916 in Rockville, Missouri to William S., Sr. and Ida Ammons Walker. He graduated from Rockville High School, University of Missouri and Harvard Business School. He married Velva Hudson in 1938. She did not survive heart surgery in 1974. In 1975 he married Elsa Mae Zink Kneale. He was a lieutenant in the Navy in World War II serving with Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 36 in the Phillipines and Bornedo. He was a member of Appleton City AF & AM #412, Scottish Rite, Ararat Shrine, V.F.W. and American Legion. He was employed by Missouri Public Service Commission, Arthur Anderson and Western Auto Supply Company, where he retired in 1970 after almost 25 years as Accounting Manager. He moved to Florida in 1970 and moved to Missouri in 2000. He was preceded in death by one sister, Marie Penfold, four brothers, Wilbur, Leroy, Wayne and W.S., Jr. “Jay”, one niece Bonnie Higgins, and two nephews, Bruce and Phillip Walker. He is survived by his wife Elsa Mae and two nieces who were reared by his parents, Yvonne Penfold Jones and Earline Penfold Trimmer, niece Carol Dow, nephew Stuart Walker and a number of great nephews and nieces.