Thomas Walker Obituary

LTC Thomas E. H. "Tom" Walker, USA (Ret.), age 76, a resident of Colorado Springs since 1972, passed away on Wednesday, September 07, 2005 after a long illness. He was retired from the United States Army, was the club manager at the golf course at Fort Carson, and was CEO of Walker and Associates. Thomas Edward Hanly Walker was born on November 11, 1928 in Phoenix, Arizona to Thomas E. H. and Pauline L. (Chauncey) Walker. He attended schools in Roosevelt High School in East Los Angeles, was a graduate of Mount San Antonio in Pomona, California, did his post graduate work at West Point in New York, and finished his MBA at UCCS. He served in the United States Army during World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. He received the Bronze Star and the Meritorious Service Medal with 1st Oak Leaf Cluster in Vietnam. After leaving the service, Tom took care of military families, dedicating a large portion of his life to the Morale Welfare and Recreation office. There he worked as Installation Sub-Manager, becoming Chief of Business Programs at Fort Carson. Tom was President of the International Military Community Executive Association and is in the IMCEA Hall of Fame. He is survived by his loving wife Maria Gonzalez Bohannon Walker and two brothers Robert of Fallbrook, California and William of El Monte, California. He is also survived by his daughter Tara (husband Lee) Arnold of Colorado Springs, and his sister-in-law Betty of Bakersfield, California. He was preceded in death by a son Thomas Edward Walker and a brother, George. A visitation will be held from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 11, 2005 at the Shrine of Remembrance Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, September 12, 2005 at the Shrine of Remembrance "America the Beautiful" Chapel of Roses. A luncheon reception will follow at the Olympian Plaza Reception and Event Center, 975 South Union Boulevard. Graveside Services with full military honors will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 16, 2005 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Memorial contributions in memory of Tom E. H. Walker may be made to the Parkinson's Foundation, P. O. Box 62385, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80962, www.parkinson.org or to the MWR/IMCEA, 2100 East Stan Schlueter Loop Suite G, Killeen, Texas 76542. Blessed be his memory.