Herbert Paul WALKER

Paul Walker, 82 Paul Walker, 82, a war veteran, retired Parke Davis employee and active member of the Salvation Army, died January 17 at Brockville General Hospital. He had been a resident of St. Lawrence Lodge since 2003. He was born Herbert Paul Walker in Isly, Alberta, on March 8, 1922 to Henry Walker and the former Annie Coombs. When he was four years old, he moved with his family to St. Thomas, Ont., where he was raised and educated. In 1940, near the beginning of the Second World War, he joined the army, enlisting with the Elgin Regiment. He came to the Officers Training Centre in Brockville in 1941 and was discharged in 1945 in Kingston at the end of the war. He worked for the Canadian National Railways, on the Brockville and Westport run out of Brockville. Then he worked for the T. Eaton Company in Brockville for 16 years. Finally, he began working at Parke Davis in 1960, in the shipping and receiving department, and retired after 22 years, in 1982. Mr. Walker was an active member of the Salvation Army and enjoyed doing volunteer work in connection with it. He enjoyed people and liked helping others. He spent some of his free time at the 1000 Islands Mall and came to be known as the "candy man" because he'd often have a supply of candies and liked giving them to people. He is survived by his wife, the former Irene McNish; three sons, Leonard Walker and wife Mary of RR 3, Athens, Carl Walker and wife Susan of Lyn, and Dale Walker and wife Susan of Johnstown; three daughters, Shirley Champagne of Brockville, Joanne Bow and husband Richard of Toledo and Rosemary Foisy and husband Douglas of Addison; 23 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are four sisters, his twin Pauline Eames of St. Thomas, Florence Dadson and husband Murray of St. Thomas, Bessie Closs of Cambridge and Gladys Walker of Winnipeg, as well as his sister-in-law Helen Thompson of Thunder Bay and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by two sons, Rodney and David Walker, a daughter Helen Pakenham (on December 7, 2004) and a brother Orville Thompson. Friends called at the Barclay Funeral Home, Brockville on January 20. The funeral was held January 21 in the Salvation Army Community Church, Brockville, with Capt. Phyllis Blundell-Colbourne officiating, assisted by Capt. Reid Colbourne of the Salvation Army, Rev. David Jones of First Presbyterian Church, and Pastor Chris Haggith of Thousand Islands Baptist Church. Burial followed at Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Maitland. The pallbearers were Joanna Beatty, Lindsay Walker, Joey Gilmour, Bobby Gilmour, Michael Harper and Stephen Matta. Memorial donations were directed to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, the Canadian Diabetes Association and the Salvation Army. Published in Section b, page 11 in the Friday, January 28, 2005 edition of the Brockville Recorder & Times. Posted 2:44:54 PM Friday, January 28, 2005.