Floreda, This is all the Austin American had: MRS. IDA WALKER Mrs. Ida Walker, 59, died at a local hospital Thursday. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Jessie Ellis of Houston. The body is at the Cook Funeral home. This appeared on Friday, 19 Jan 1945, page 19, col 5. You might get some more information from the funeral home, now known as Cook-Walden. They have several establishments, but I think the main one is (512) 454-5611. Good luck. John Chapman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tallygators" <tallygators@earthlink.net> To: <TXTRAVIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 01/02/2006 7:28 AM Subject: [TXTRAVIS] Ida Walker obit >I did not realize how common a name Ida Walker was until I checked the > death records of Texas. > > I have keyed in on one Ida Walker who may well be the one I am looking > for. She died January 18, 1945 in Travis County. > > The Ida Walker I am looking for had been a Patient? Inmate? at Texas > State Hospital for the Insane at Austin. Writing the state of Texas has > been a practice in futility as for as finding out anything about this > lady once she was committed to its care(March 22, 1944). > > She was born October 20, 1885 in Rapides Parish, La and married John > Rodrigo there. They had a daughter born in 1925. The daughter is still > alive but declines my efforts to find out anything about her mother. > Incidentally, Ida Walker is my aunt - older sister to my mother. That > makes the daughter my first cousin. > > Is there a possibility there is an obit for her? Would some Kind Soul > check on this for me so that I can be sure the Ida Walker who died in > 1945 is indeed my aunt before I send for her death certificate? Since I > am not close kin (nieces don't qualify) I will have to send in a copy of > my driver's license along with my $20.00 when requesting her death > certificate. > > I would really appreciate any help or suggestions any of you have to > offer. > > Floreda > > > > > ==== TXTRAVIS Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal > messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be > grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen > Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >