John Walker FELKER, .20

1921 - 2005  (83 years)

• Name	John Walker FELKER
  Suffix	.20
  Born	26 Sep 1921	Toronto, York Co., Ontario
  	Res. Weston Road
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Jan 2005	Toronto, York Co., Ontario
  	diabetes, Alzheimer disease
  Buried	Glendale Memorial Gardens, Etobicoke, ON., Canada
  Person ID	I70	Richard Patterson ON & MO
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	John Wesley JACK FELKER, .19           b. 2 Dec 1879, Belwood, Garafraxa West Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario           d. 15 Aug 1929, Toronto, York Co., Ontario  (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Jennie WALKER           b. 11 Mar 1883, Erin Village, Wellington Co., Ontario           d. 2 Oct 1959, Toronto, York Co., Ontario  (Age 76 years)
  Married	1910	Erin Village, Wellington Co., Ontario
  	WIT: Frank E Walker & J D Leach (Intestingly, John gives his address as Garafraxa Twp., when he & family already were living in Erin, ON.)
  Family ID	F47	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Caroline BUTTE           b. Waterloo, Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada           d. 2 Mar 2007, Toronto, York Co., Ontario
  Last Modified	9 Aug 2020
  Family ID	F49	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John is the son of Jennie Walker and John JACK Wesley 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 exservice men. Letter Carrier and Mail Porter, Post Office Department, Toronto. Ontario. . Felker, John Walker, O.A.S. TORONTO, ONT. Ref: December 13, 1947 Canada Gazette and 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. . John shared a house with his sister Marie Felker. John was a very tall blond man gentle and relaxed man. After World War Two, John work as a Postie delivering mail in Weston and Rexdale, Ontario. In the winter time, John would arrive home from his postal route on Saturday mornings, all cold and 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 and call "Hey Bel, Black Label" Carling's beer. In the winter time, John would arrive home from his postal route on Saturday mornings, all cold and change into a fresh pair of grey wool socks before heading out again to finish his route in Rexdale. John was a renaissance man who enjoyed planing and 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. John loved watching hockey and Canadian football. He and 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. The cottage had a large upper deck for admiring the the view and feeding the birds. John and Caroline enjoyed a bottle of beer and and plenty of rounds of card games. He and Caroline liked country music. - - - .