The Colorado statesman., 1924-01-12
Mrs. Paul w. Walker
Laid to Rest
Death of Pioneer Woman
Mourned by All Glasses
of Citizens
uFriond after friend denorts.

"Frend after friend DEPARTS:
Who hath not lost a friend?
There is no union here of hearts
That finds not here an end.
We're this frail world our final rest,
Living or dying, none were blest"
MRS. PAUL w. WALKER, who
rightly belongs TO the class of Colo
RADIO pioneers, was born in Lexington,
Mo, Jan. 10, 1856, accompanying her
parents to Independence, Mo-, in 1864,
thence to Kansas City, Mo-, in 1876,
afterwards to Canon City. Colo, in May,
1880, finally arriving in Denver in the
autumn of the same year, where she
resided until her death, which took
place at her late residence. 1923 Gil
pin street, Friday, Dec. %. 1923. She
was the beloved wife of Paul w.
Walker. also pioneer and lived hap
PLY with him for the period of forty
one and one-half years. A devoted
wife, consistent and faithful church
worker, and leading character in many
fraternal circles, Mrs. Walker attained
Il respect and popularity from all
classes of citizens. and the number of
kilograms and letters received from
all parts of the country by her great
ly bereaved husband expressing sor-
row and offering words of sympathy
over the death of one who led such n
long, honorable and useful life in this
community, was a full attestation of
the esteem in which the deceased was
held as well as her outstanding char
acteristic features in her service to hu-
manity, which made her life a bene-
diction to those whom she unstintingly
helped, fostered and encouraged along
the journey of life. Her services to
the Zion Baptist Church for forty
years Gone of the pillars" as she was
generally termed) will never be for
gotten, and although she was a men,
Der of the New Hope Baptist within
the past three years she always cher
ished n warm feeling for its progress.
Bearing her last illness with Chris
tian fortitude for nearly two years she
finally succumbed to the inevitable
Death, the state through which all
mortals must pass ere the day of final
reckoning.
The funeral service, held at Shorter
A. NJ. e. Church last Sunday, was very
impressive and largely attended, the
spacious edifice being crowded, an evil
dence of touching and deserving
tribute to this noble pioneer woman
who had for so many years taken
recognized part in the church and ira
ternal activities of Denver. Many diff
ferent organizations of which the de-
ceased was member were assigned
parts in the funeral and submitted res
olutions appropriately attesting the
sterling qualities of Mrs. Walker.
These included the Lone Star Chapter
of the Eastern Star, the Household of
Ruth and the New Hope Baptist
Church. also Rocky Mountain Lodge,
C. U. o. of o. f. No. 1920 of which Mr..
Walker is an honored member, offered
resolutions befitting the occasion as
mark of respect to their bereaved bro
ther.
Rev. John e. Ford, former pastor of
the Zion Baptist Church of Denver,
now pastoring one Of thel argest and
wealthiest Negro churches in America
at Jacksonville, Fla, preached the fun
eral sermon. Being an old friend of
the family, Rev. Ford could speak with
definite knowledge and Christian as
surance of Mrs. Walkers many rare