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- John is the son of Jennie Walker & John JACK Westley Felker.6th.
. CIVIL SERVICE OF CANADA. THE Civil service Commission announces the establishment of the following eligible lists.
The letters O.A.S. indicate eligibility for the preference awarded to ex-service men. Letter Carrier & Mail Porter, Post Office
Department, Toronto, Ontario.
. Felker, John Walker, O.A.S. TORONTO, ONT.
Ref: December 13, 1947, Canada Gazette & Ottawa, April 19, 1948.
. While in Cortona, Italy John burnt his leg on the motor cycle he used for assessing how accurate Canadian bombardment was during the battle for Cortona, Italy.
. 1943 Sep 27 -Two sons of Mrs J Walker, Weston Rd, Mount Dennis, are serving with the armed forces. Gunner J W Felker 22, has recently arrived overseas. Aircraftman Charles Felker, 19, enlisted with the RCAF last march & now is training on the east coast. Gunner Felker was educated at St. Clair Ave. public school & Western Technical school. He enlisted with the Royal Canadian Artillery a year ago & graduated as a singlalman at Kingston. He was active in community hockey & baseball teams.
Ref: Toronto Star newspaper.
. 1944 Mar 21 - Wounded Canadian Armourer Corps: John Walker Felker, Gnr., Toronto.
Ref: Winnipeg Tribune newspaper, Manitoba.
. 1969 Toronto City Directory
Felker, E Marie, Office manger Gordon Bannerman Ltd, Res. 6 Saskatoon Dr., Weston
Felker, Chas H, auditor UIC,REs. 7 Saskatoon Dr.
Felker, John W, 1C Post Office, house 6 Saskatoon Dr
. John shared a house with his sister Marie Felker. John was a very tall blond man gentle & relaxed man.
After World War Two, John work as a Postie delivering mail in Weston & Rexdale, Ontario. In the winter time, John would arrive home from his postal route on Saturday mornings, all cold & change into a fresh pair of grey wool socks before heading out again to finish his route in Rexdale. On Saturday afternoon John would return from his postal route, sit down on the couch & call "Hey babe, house about a Black Label" Carling's beer.
John was a renaissance man who enjoyed planing & making things for himself: Round benches for the oak trees. A live trap-and-release cage for red neck pheasants in the back yard; his own fishing tackle with feathers & a Scrabble board with wood numbers. He & wife Caroline would play many Scarbble games with Aunts Mary, Irene & Ruby Walker.
John loved watching hockey & Canadian football. He & Caroline built by their own hands a large cottage in the Collingwood's Blue Mountains, Ontario. He pumped the spring water up hill for the three seasons. In winter you roughed it. The cottage had a large upper deck for admiring the the view & feeding the birds. John & Caroline enjoyed a bottle of beer & plenty of rounds of card games. - - -
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1921 - 2005 (83 years)