She married Rodney (Mickey) Walker Sept. 1, 1951 after meeting just six weeks before. That loving marriage lasted 47 years till his death in 1999.
She leaves their children: son Marty and his wife Joanne, daughter Micki and granddaughter Marcasa, daughter Teresa and granddaughter Sara, daughter Barb Walker-Gilpin and her husband Ron Gilpin, son Mark Walker and many nieces and a nephew.