John Walker FELKER, .20

Male 1921 - 2005  (83 years)


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  1. 1.  John Walker FELKER, .20 was born on 26 Sep 1921 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario; died on 4 Jan 2005 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario; was buried in Glendale Memorial Gardens, Etobicoke, ON., Canada.

    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. - - - .

    Birth:
    Res. Weston Road

    Died:
    diabetes, Alzheimer disease

    Family/Spouse: Caroline BUTTE. Caroline was born in in Waterloo, Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada; died on 2 Mar 2007 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario; was buried in Glendale Memorial Gardens, Etobicoke, ON., Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]