Robert E. Lee High School Graduates
Jacksonville, Florida (FL)
Vera May Williams Walker Obituary
Vera May Williams Walker attended Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville, FL. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Vera May Williams Walker.
| Graduation Year | (unknown) |
| Date of Passing | Oct 07, 2018 |
| About | Close to 20 years head of Home Ec. Department at Lee, mother of graduates Marjorie Walker, Loren Walker, Ronald Walker (class of 64), and Gordon Kent Walker. Host family to Jose Celso de Mello Fillho (Celsinho). Natural death at age 105 years. RON WALKER, RonaldEWalker@aol.com |
Ronald Walker '64 said:
Please let me know if you didn't get a message from me.
Oh, wait a minute ..... If you didn't, I'll try again.
RONALD WALKER
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CommentRonald Walker '64 said:
Thank you.for the opportunity to cleat this up. (Not a "gotcha!).
Vera was my mother. She attended Florida State College for Women, where she had to work her way through college by qualifying again each year.
She was born in Cuba of American parents and Spanish was her second language, which explains a lot of what follows.
Loren is the first child. He went to the University of Florida and then graduate school at MIT (Massachusets Institutute of Technology) and was also a Lee graduate of some distinction.
Marjorie also went to Florida State University, by then co-educational. She is still alive and now in California, where she retired as a librarian. For years she lived near Vera in the area around Cocoa, Florida.
The full story about Celsinho is that he is that he is Dean (senior member) of Brazilian Supreme Court. Because of this, Vera and I spent a summer vacation there while I was in college there, getting as far as Peru and Macchu Pichu (bad spelling on my part) .....
My other languages are Spanish, Portueguese and French. Major: Latin American Studies. I had the benefit of one of Lee's big catches, Madame Patone. The other three were with Miz (all women were miz when I was growing up) Barney, who was nearer my speed.
Gordon Kent (goes by Kent) was two or three years at an episcopal private school but the last at Lee. He's in Caliornia, too. My theory is that good Floridans eventually get to California.
Thanks for the opportunity .... Oh, I am married to Linda Mcgilvray Walker, who was at Connecticut College for Women when we met but now is Connecticut College. We are just back from Boston, where our son and his wife now live.
Thank you for remembering to check on us.
Keep me in touch.
RON Wl
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