M. Frances Walker

Marian Frances Walker Marian (Frances) Walker, 90, passed peacefully to life everlasting on March 21, 2013. Frances was born on July 19, 1922 in Joseph, Oregon. She was the eldest child of Marion and Selma (Mathews) Isom. Frances spent her youth on the family farm outside of Joseph. She attended first through third grade in Joseph and then attended a country school for her fourth through eighth grade years. She attended Joseph High School where she graduated Salutatorian in 1940. Her first job after high school was working at the Chevrolet Garage in Enterprise. In September of 1940 she traveled to Portland, Oregon to attend North Western Business College. She returned to Enterprise in March, 1941 where she met her husband Wingert Dee Walker. Wingert and Frances were married on April 16, 1943, where Wingert was stationed at Gowen Field Air Force Base in Boise, Idaho. They made their first home in Enterprise, Oregon and together they raised their three children Craig, Janice, and Kristy. Wingert’s work with First National Bank took them from Enterprise to Pendleton, Condon, Ontario and Moro before settling in Newberg, Oregon in 1969. As a Banker’s wife, Frances didn’t always want to go where Wingert was transferred but her mother always had told her “You go where your husband goes and make a home and be happy” and she did just that! Over the years Frances worked as a Bookkeeper, and as a secretary. She worked for a Lawyer; at a Chevrolet Garage as well as a Ford Garage and at a Lumberyard. She also worked for a time as a Secretary at Sherman County High School in Moro, Oregon. After moving to Newberg, in the early 1970’s she began working in the Customer Service department at A-Dec, retiring in August of 1982. In 1983 she and Wingert took over the management of the Mountain View Mobile Park in Newberg. Frances also volunteered her time at Newberg Hospital. Upon Wingert’s death in 2000, Frances relinquished the managerial duties of Mountain View, but continued to do the bookkeeping and her volunteer work until she moved to Oregon City in 2008. Frances loved golfing, crocheting, knitting and playing Pinochle with friends. She was an avid reader and loved working her cross-word puzzles. She has been a member of the First Presbyterian Church for 44 years. Frances was predeceased by her husband Wingert; her parents; her brother Jack; her sister Mina Wolf and her son Craig. She is survived by her brother Jerald of Happy Valley; her daughters Janis Drinkwater of Oregon City and Kristy Rice of Newberg; nine grandchildren, fourteen great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild and several nieces and nephews. Services will be held Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, 501 Mission Drive, Newberg, Oregon 97132, with Pastor Peter Blank officiating. Private interment will be at Willamette National Cemetery. Arrangements are in the care of Attrell's Newberg Funeral Chapel, a Golden Rule Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www.attrells.com

M. Frances Walker

July 19, 1922 - March 21, 2013