With The Colors
Omer H. Walker, former lineman of the local Northwestern Bell Telephone company, was graduated recently from the offier’s training scholl at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, with a second lieutenant’s rating. He is with the army signal corps and was inducted into the army in September from Estherville. He is spending a five-day leave with his family at Council Bluffs.
Source: Estherville, Vindicator and Republican, April 29, 1943
Omar Howard Walker was born Jan. 5, 1905 to Isham Oliver and Leila Wasson Walker. He died Dec. 10, 1954 and is buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Council Bluffs, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
