George W. Walker

George W. Walker, 85, a lifelong resident of New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, August 25, in Aultman Hospital, Canton, following a brief illness.

Born, May 8, 1924, he was a son of the late Merrill and Irene Stonebrook Walker. George graduated from New Philadelphia High School in 1942. During the Second World War, he worked in a local chemical plant and as a guard for the U.S. Postal Service. He retired in 1991 as the owner and operator of the Acme Printing Co., New Philadelphia, a family business founded by his grandfather at the end of the nineteenth century.

George married the former Iris E. Murray on June 8, 1947; the couple reared two sons. He was a member of the Otterbein United Methodist Church in New Philadelphia for over fifty years, and was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.
In his working years, George enjoyed annual trips to Canada to fish, and in retirement, he and Iris visited all of the forty-eight contiguous United States by car.

Survivors include his beloved wife, Iris, two sons, Stephen L. (Virginia “Jennie”) Walker of Lake Milton, and Brian L. Walker of Dover; two granddaughters, Stephanie (Rick) Watson of Lordstown, and Karen R. Walker of Phoenix, AZ; great-grandchildren, Natalie and David Watson; a brother, Gene (Ruth) Walker of New Philadelphia; many nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, George was preceded in death by a brother, Richard Walker, and by an infant brother.

A funeral service will be held Friday, August 28, at 1:30 p.m., in the Toland-Herzig Funeral Home & Crematory, 246 E. High Ave., New Philadelphia, with Rev. Kelly P. Brown officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Burial Park. Family and friends are invited to call at the funeral home on Thursday, August 27, 5 �" 7 p.m. To sign an online guestbook and share a fond memory of George, please visit the Toland-Herzig Web site and click on Obituaries.

The family suggests that contributions in George�(TM)s memory be made to Otterbein United Methodist Church, 156 Beaver Ave. N.E., New Philadelphia, OH 44663.

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