Clarence Walker Jr.

BRIDGEWATER CORNERS -- Clarence “Buster” Harold Walker, Jr., 60, died Thursday, Nov. 25, 2004, in Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., after a lengthy illness.

He was born July 11, 1944, in Windsor, the son of Clarence Walker Sr. and Lottis (Sanderson) Walker.

Mr. Walker graduated from Brattleboro Union High School in 1962 and then went into the Army for the next two years.

In 1965, he married Grace Amidon.

For a short time, he did construction work in the Brattleboro area. From 1969 to 1989, he worked for Melsur Corp.

In 1990, Mr. Walker and his wife moved to Bridgewater and he went to work for the Woodstock Corp., mainly at the Woodstock Country Club and then later at Suicide Six ski area in the winter.

Mr. Walker loved the outdoors, fishing, hunting and especially his vegetable garden. He belonged to the North American Hunting Club and the National Rifle Association. He could be found in the brook panning gold and, on weekends, playing softball with his family.

He is survived by his wife Grace of Bridgewater Corners; one son, Clarence Walker III, and his wife Sarah, of Putney; one daughter, Tiffany Chesser and her husband, Jared, of Rutland; five grandchildren, Matthew, Brian, Alysha, Emma and Anna; one brother, LeRoy Walker, and one sister, Leona Gilbert of Brattleboro.

He was predeceased by his parents; and one sister, Shirley in 2003.

A funeral service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Bridgewater Congregational Church in Bridgewater. The Rev. Gwen Gross of Bethany Mennonite Church will officiate.

Visiting hours will be held at the Cabot Funeral Home in Woodstock today from 7 to 9 p.m. Burial will follow in the Toplisft cemetery in Bridgewater Corners with full military honors.

Memorial donations may be made to Norris Cotten Cancer Center, DHMC, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, N.H.

Arrangements are under the direction of the CABOT FUNERAL HOME in Woodstock.u