Jeannette Frances Walker

Jeannette Walker Timko

Born June 3, 1932 in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio to Arthur Erwin Cooper Walker and Frances Elsie Walker. She was the only daughter to Arthur Erwin Cooper Walker and Frances Elsie Shafer.

Description

Jeannette was average of build who stood about 5 foot 10 inch in height. She had dark brown hair and brown eyes.

Early Years

• Childhood -
• Siblings
  • Richard Arthur Walker

Education

She graduated from Warren G. Harding High School in 1950 in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.

Family Years

• How they met - My mother loved to tell us kids how she met my dad by writing letters to him during the end of WWII. As she told it, my dad’s sister Dorothy was good friends with mother because they went to the same high school. Somehow Dorothy must have told my mom about her brother being stationed at Lackland AFB. Now, during the war, people were constantly encourage to support “our boys over seas.”  And one of the ways suggested was to write to the troops, you know, become a penpal. Dorothy must have told my mom about her brother because Jeannette began writing to him. My dad was a bit surprised when he received the first letter but it soon grew into something that they each enjoyed as the frequency and length of the letters grew over time. (I know this to be true because my mother kept all my dad’s letters to her.) Eventually, they arranged to meet when my dad was home on leave, and, well as they say, the rest is history.
• Marriage - Jeannette married Edward John Timko on June 21, 1952 at Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. The couple had four children: three boys - Edward John Jr., Kenneth Joseph and Donald Judson, and one girl - Jeannette Frances.
  • Edward John Timko Jr
  • Kenneth Joseph Timko
  • Donald Judson Timko
  • Jeannette Frances Timko

Residences

• 1454 McMyler Street NW
• 4419 Kincaid East Road, Trumbull County, Ohio

Working Years

Worked for a few years before her marriage at Trumbull Saving and Loan in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio and as a housewife for sixty years.

Death

Jeannette died from a stroke on January 16, 2012 at Hospice House in Poland Mahoning County, Ohio. She was buried on January 19, 2012 at Champion Township Cemetery in Champion, Trumbull County, Ohio.