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BirthDay: 19
BirthYear: 1921
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OriginalBirthCity: Culver
OriginalBirthState: IN
OriginalBirthCounty: Marshall
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DeathYear: 2006
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Parents: Ivan M. and Dolyn (Kessler) Walker
Children: Thomas K. Walker, II
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EducationCareer: course at Winona School of Photography
FamilyInPhotography: wife Ruth
OriginalNotes: From various short articles in The Culver Citizen: he attended Culver Military Academy in 1935, son of Ivan M. Walker, he served in World War II (Army Ground Forces).

The Culver Citizen, 22 May 1963, p. 24: Ad for Jack's Taxi, Tom and Ruth Walker

The Culver Citizen, 25 June 1947, p. 1: Thomas K. Walker attended photography school in Winona Lake for 3 weeks and received his diploma in portraiture.

Indiana Death Certificates: parents, birth and death dates and places, listed as Master Photographer, died of Alzheimers at Miller's Merry Manor, Culver, home was 912 Lakeshore Drive.

WWII hero Walker passes away
By Joseph Raymond Staff Writer, Plymouth Pilot, Undated [2006]
CULVER - Lifelong Culver resident Thomas K. Walker passed away in the sleeping hours of the night on Friday.

The 1940 Culver Military Academy graduate is best remembered for the smile he always gave to anyone, his gregarious personality, and of course, his great stories.

Jeff Kenney from the Culver-Union Township Public Library remembers Walker just that way. “I can't picture him any other way. I remember him as an old man with a handle bar mustache and a cane.”

“When I was a paperboy,” Kenney said, “he would stop me every day and tell me stories.” “He was just a Renaissance man. He had done so much, had so many stories.”

Kenney said the most remarkable thing about Walker was “Obviously his war experiencesŠ you just don't find anyone like that anymore, who has seen what he saw.”

Walker was a decorated World War II veteran and received the American Defense Medal and the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal with two Bronze Stars fighting the Japanese. Arthur Birk of Culver remembers people around town hearing the stories of Walker in the war. Walker used to say he walked all the way across China while he was in the war.

Walker was also an active member of the Lions Club in Culver for more than 40 years, according to Birk, fellow member. The long-time member held about every post a person could have in the Lions Club, including being a past club president, according to Birk. “He was one of those people who stayed in the trenches and worked. We could really count on him,” Birk said. People will remember Walker selling tickets or fruit at almost every event the Lions Club had, Birk stated.

Clara Hansen, owner of Hansen's Hardware & Sport Shop, also remembers the always-smiling storyteller. Hansen remembers many of the hats Walker wore. “In earlier years, he ran Walker Studio,” Hansen said, a photography service in Culver. He also ran a taxi service during the ‘40s and ‘50s, Jack's Taxi Service.

In later years, in addition to working with the Lions Club, Walker, “liked to, as a hobby, do woodworking. He was also one of the last people alive who could cane chairs,” Birk remembered People will remember Walker best for his stories and his smile. Culver will not soon forget him. His handiwork on the doors of the Lions Club and his gift of his carvings and woodworking to people all around town serve as a reminder of him.

Kenney also said that Walker would often say he was born in a house on Main Street, not a hospital. Kenney said it was only befitting that a man whom so many identified with Culver would come to rest there too.
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OriginalSource: The Culver Citizen, 12 Dec. 1945, p. 9 - ad
I have opened a studio at the Ivan Walker cottage on Long Point and am equipped and trained to handle all types of photography. Personalized Christmas cards a specialty, Walker's Studio, Thomas K. Walker, Phone 274-M
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OriginalSource: The Culver Citizen, 20 Nov. 1946, p. 15 - Notice - I have purchased the Keen building and have moved my studio to that location. Walker Studio.

The Culver Citizen, 4 Dec. 1946, p. 16 - Remodels Studio - Thomas K. Walker, local photographer, has completed the remodeling and redecorating of the studio and darkroom in the former Keen Studio building on Lake Shore Drive and has moved into the improved quarters. He recently bought the building. The downstairs apartment has been separated from the entry to the studio on the second floor, giving privacy to the occupants of the apartment and those going to the stuio. Mr. Walker has also added a 8 x 10 studio camera to his expanded equipment.

The Culver Citizen, 28 Dec. 1949, p. 6: ad: New Year Cheer, 1950 Walker's Studio, Ruth & Tom


The Culver Citizen, 17 Feb. 1954, p. 12 - Ruth Walker Now in Charge of Walker's Studio - Since 1947 has given Culver and southwestern Marshall County the finest portraiture, now largely under management of Ruth Walker, husband Tom Walker, for health reasons is employed in outside work at Russell L. Easterday Construction & Supply Co. Tom will continue his connection with the studio on special assignments. They are members of the Photographers Association of America. Mrs. Walker, a native of Lawton, Okla, has announced new hours for the studio at the corner of Lake Shore Drive and Lake Street: 9-11:30 am and 1 to 4:30 pm. Closed on Thursday. She is available at the studio or in your own home. Ruth Walker took prize photo of the Catholic Church fire for The Citizen of Feb. 3.
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