Richard N. Walden, Eternal Optimist – of Flint, Mi., age 60, died Saturday, June 18, 1988, at Flint Osteopathic Hospital. Mr. Walden was born in Flint, Michigan, September 6, 1927.
He chose to give his life to people 40 years ago when he accepted ordination as a minister in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He had been employed by the R.P. Lewis Co. for 20 years and was Vice President of Post Realty Co. for 15 years.
He is survived by the great love of his life, his wife, Rhea Walden; 3 daughters, Lauren Walden of Chicago, Lisa Walden of Independence, Missouri, and Jody Petrie of Bend, Oregon; 4 stepchildren, Kim Dutcher of Haslett, Rena Colby of Caseville, Gwen Dutcher of Grand Rapids, and Patti Dutcher of Bay Port, 6 grandchildren, a brother, Norman, and a sister, Valerie York; and stepmother Phyllis Walden of Warrensburg; also many cherished friends. He was preceded in death by his son Chris and daughter Linda.
Source: The Lamoni Chronicle, Lamoni, Iowa, Thursday, August 4th, 1988, p. 6
Memories from his daughter Lisa:
1.) BREAD. G'pa Dick enjoyed making bread, white bread. I don't know if he knew the recipe by memory, or whether the written copy was lost over time. In the same round, enamel pan he doled out the family popcorn, he kneaded bread dough and placed it in the oven to rise.
There was never freshly, baked bread without a large, dish of butter. G'pa Dick would hand each of us a slab of that hot bread, and we would melt just like the butter. It delighted our noses, tongues, and now memories. Fresh bread, hot out of the oven.
Long after G'pa Dick died I began to understand the connection he made with baking bread. As with most of our taste memories, it went back to his childhood. He was just 2 years old when his father Walt removed him from his Aunt Helen Brackenbury Clifford's care. Apparently, Aunt Helen's husband wasn't the father figure Walt wanted for his son, so G'pa Dick was taken to Lamoni [Iowa] for his Walden grandparents to raise.
(Elisha) Henry and Grace (Miriam Tabbut) Walden worked hard to bring up their 10 children (one died as a toddler). And now they added a grandson. While Henry took whatever job he could find, store clerk, farmer, janitor, etc., Grace budgeted carefully and clothed and fed their 7 boys (now 8) and 2 girls.
They raised amazing people. Women from that era didn't have many choices other than parenting, yet Henry and Grace's 2 daughters became a chiropractor and a college professor. Their sons ranged from becoming a dentist to a Lieutenant Colonel, all independent and successful. Grace must have been a force to be reckoned with in their home.
Her son, Evan, wrote this memory of her in his book: "My mother baked nine loaves of bread twice a week, and when I'd come home from school in the afternoon, I'd be looking forward to having a piece of bread and butter. Fresh bread, hot out of the oven.
"One time I came home and the bread wasn't ready, and we were clear out of bread. I thought I was going to starve. So I went over to an aunt's who lived about a block away, and she gave me some hot bread. I still remember that. I was very small, second grade or something like that. We used to buy flour in 50-pound bags. That's a pretty good-size bag of flour, but with nine kids and two adults, well, that counts for a lot of food." (pg. 12)
Fresh bread, hot out of the oven. That is a memory G'pa Dick passed on to his 4 children. I'm sure he, too, experienced his grandmother's hot, buttered bread twice a week after school. So, although I never remember him saying why he made bread, I have a pretty good idea. Food is an invisible thread connecting us to our memories of people, places, and childhood.
3.) Mrs. C. M. Clifford came Monday from Flint, Mich., to accompany the little son of Walter Walden, Norman Richard, to the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Walden, where he will be cared for, for a time at least. Mrs. Clifford expected to go on from here to Omaha yesterday to visit with her brothers, before returning to her home.
Source: The Lamoni Chronicle, published in Lamoni, Iowa on Thursday, May 2nd, 1929, p. 4
MOTHER: Aliene Erma Brackenbury
FATHER: Norman Walter Walden
1st WIFE: Joan Lee Piper
m. 31 May 1952, Flint, Genesee, Michigan
(divorced)
CHILDREN:
L.A. Walden
Chris Howard Walden
L.J. Walden
Linda Aliene Walden
J.P. Walden
2nd WIFE: Rhea Marie Dutcher, nee Deering
m. abt 1986, Bay Port, Huron, Michigan
FURTHER INFORMATION:
1. [Living with Walden grandparents]
1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Richard Walden
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1928 [abt 1927]
Birthplace: Michigan
Race: White
Home in 1930: Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son (grandson)
Father's Name: (grandfather) Henry E Walden
Father's Birthplace: Minnesota
Mother's name: (grandmother) Grace Walden
Mother's Birthplace: Iowa
Occupation: (Henry: farmer)
Rent/home value: Owned 3500
Parents' birthplace: (grandparents)
Household Members: Name Age
Henry E Walden 62
Grace Walden 57
Ruth Walden 28 (teacher public school)
Wilbert Walden 18 (attending school)
James Walden 16 "
Ernest Walden 14 "
Richard Walden 2 [2 6/12]
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa; Roll: 652; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 18; Image: 202.0; FHL microfilm: 2340387.
He chose to give his life to people 40 years ago when he accepted ordination as a minister in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He had been employed by the R.P. Lewis Co. for 20 years and was Vice President of Post Realty Co. for 15 years.
He is survived by the great love of his life, his wife, Rhea Walden; 3 daughters, Lauren Walden of Chicago, Lisa Walden of Independence, Missouri, and Jody Petrie of Bend, Oregon; 4 stepchildren, Kim Dutcher of Haslett, Rena Colby of Caseville, Gwen Dutcher of Grand Rapids, and Patti Dutcher of Bay Port, 6 grandchildren, a brother, Norman, and a sister, Valerie York; and stepmother Phyllis Walden of Warrensburg; also many cherished friends. He was preceded in death by his son Chris and daughter Linda.
Source: The Lamoni Chronicle, Lamoni, Iowa, Thursday, August 4th, 1988, p. 6
Memories from his daughter Lisa:
1.) BREAD. G'pa Dick enjoyed making bread, white bread. I don't know if he knew the recipe by memory, or whether the written copy was lost over time. In the same round, enamel pan he doled out the family popcorn, he kneaded bread dough and placed it in the oven to rise.
There was never freshly, baked bread without a large, dish of butter. G'pa Dick would hand each of us a slab of that hot bread, and we would melt just like the butter. It delighted our noses, tongues, and now memories. Fresh bread, hot out of the oven.
Long after G'pa Dick died I began to understand the connection he made with baking bread. As with most of our taste memories, it went back to his childhood. He was just 2 years old when his father Walt removed him from his Aunt Helen Brackenbury Clifford's care. Apparently, Aunt Helen's husband wasn't the father figure Walt wanted for his son, so G'pa Dick was taken to Lamoni [Iowa] for his Walden grandparents to raise.
(Elisha) Henry and Grace (Miriam Tabbut) Walden worked hard to bring up their 10 children (one died as a toddler). And now they added a grandson. While Henry took whatever job he could find, store clerk, farmer, janitor, etc., Grace budgeted carefully and clothed and fed their 7 boys (now 8) and 2 girls.
They raised amazing people. Women from that era didn't have many choices other than parenting, yet Henry and Grace's 2 daughters became a chiropractor and a college professor. Their sons ranged from becoming a dentist to a Lieutenant Colonel, all independent and successful. Grace must have been a force to be reckoned with in their home.
Her son, Evan, wrote this memory of her in his book: "My mother baked nine loaves of bread twice a week, and when I'd come home from school in the afternoon, I'd be looking forward to having a piece of bread and butter. Fresh bread, hot out of the oven.
"One time I came home and the bread wasn't ready, and we were clear out of bread. I thought I was going to starve. So I went over to an aunt's who lived about a block away, and she gave me some hot bread. I still remember that. I was very small, second grade or something like that. We used to buy flour in 50-pound bags. That's a pretty good-size bag of flour, but with nine kids and two adults, well, that counts for a lot of food." (pg. 12)
Fresh bread, hot out of the oven. That is a memory G'pa Dick passed on to his 4 children. I'm sure he, too, experienced his grandmother's hot, buttered bread twice a week after school. So, although I never remember him saying why he made bread, I have a pretty good idea. Food is an invisible thread connecting us to our memories of people, places, and childhood.
3.) Mrs. C. M. Clifford came Monday from Flint, Mich., to accompany the little son of Walter Walden, Norman Richard, to the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Walden, where he will be cared for, for a time at least. Mrs. Clifford expected to go on from here to Omaha yesterday to visit with her brothers, before returning to her home.
Source: The Lamoni Chronicle, published in Lamoni, Iowa on Thursday, May 2nd, 1929, p. 4
MOTHER: Aliene Erma Brackenbury
FATHER: Norman Walter Walden
1st WIFE: Joan Lee Piper
m. 31 May 1952, Flint, Genesee, Michigan
(divorced)
CHILDREN:
L.A. Walden
Chris Howard Walden
L.J. Walden
Linda Aliene Walden
J.P. Walden
2nd WIFE: Rhea Marie Dutcher, nee Deering
m. abt 1986, Bay Port, Huron, Michigan
FURTHER INFORMATION:
1. [Living with Walden grandparents]
1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Richard Walden
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1928 [abt 1927]
Birthplace: Michigan
Race: White
Home in 1930: Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son (grandson)
Father's Name: (grandfather) Henry E Walden
Father's Birthplace: Minnesota
Mother's name: (grandmother) Grace Walden
Mother's Birthplace: Iowa
Occupation: (Henry: farmer)
Rent/home value: Owned 3500
Parents' birthplace: (grandparents)
Household Members: Name Age
Henry E Walden 62
Grace Walden 57
Ruth Walden 28 (teacher public school)
Wilbert Walden 18 (attending school)
James Walden 16 "
Ernest Walden 14 "
Richard Walden 2 [2 6/12]
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa; Roll: 652; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 18; Image: 202.0; FHL microfilm: 2340387.
Richard N. Walden, Eternal Optimist – of Flint, Mi., age 60, died Saturday, June 18, 1988, at Flint Osteopathic Hospital. Mr. Walden was born in Flint, Michigan, September 6, 1927.
He chose to give his life to people 40 years ago when he accepted ordination as a minister in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He had been employed by the R.P. Lewis Co. for 20 years and was Vice President of Post Realty Co. for 15 years.
He is survived by the great love of his life, his wife, Rhea Walden; 3 daughters, Lauren Walden of Chicago, Lisa Walden of Independence, Missouri, and Jody Petrie of Bend, Oregon; 4 stepchildren, Kim Dutcher of Haslett, Rena Colby of Caseville, Gwen Dutcher of Grand Rapids, and Patti Dutcher of Bay Port, 6 grandchildren, a brother, Norman, and a sister, Valerie York; and stepmother Phyllis Walden of Warrensburg; also many cherished friends. He was preceded in death by his son Chris and daughter Linda.
Source: The Lamoni Chronicle, Lamoni, Iowa, Thursday, August 4th, 1988, p. 6
Memories from his daughter Lisa:
1.) BREAD. G'pa Dick enjoyed making bread, white bread. I don't know if he knew the recipe by memory, or whether the written copy was lost over time. In the same round, enamel pan he doled out the family popcorn, he kneaded bread dough and placed it in the oven to rise.
There was never freshly, baked bread without a large, dish of butter. G'pa Dick would hand each of us a slab of that hot bread, and we would melt just like the butter. It delighted our noses, tongues, and now memories. Fresh bread, hot out of the oven.
Long after G'pa Dick died I began to understand the connection he made with baking bread. As with most of our taste memories, it went back to his childhood. He was just 2 years old when his father Walt removed him from his Aunt Helen Brackenbury Clifford's care. Apparently, Aunt Helen's husband wasn't the father figure Walt wanted for his son, so G'pa Dick was taken to Lamoni [Iowa] for his Walden grandparents to raise.
(Elisha) Henry and Grace (Miriam Tabbut) Walden worked hard to bring up their 10 children (one died as a toddler). And now they added a grandson. While Henry took whatever job he could find, store clerk, farmer, janitor, etc., Grace budgeted carefully and clothed and fed their 7 boys (now 8) and 2 girls.
They raised amazing people. Women from that era didn't have many choices other than parenting, yet Henry and Grace's 2 daughters became a chiropractor and a college professor. Their sons ranged from becoming a dentist to a Lieutenant Colonel, all independent and successful. Grace must have been a force to be reckoned with in their home.
Her son, Evan, wrote this memory of her in his book: "My mother baked nine loaves of bread twice a week, and when I'd come home from school in the afternoon, I'd be looking forward to having a piece of bread and butter. Fresh bread, hot out of the oven.
"One time I came home and the bread wasn't ready, and we were clear out of bread. I thought I was going to starve. So I went over to an aunt's who lived about a block away, and she gave me some hot bread. I still remember that. I was very small, second grade or something like that. We used to buy flour in 50-pound bags. That's a pretty good-size bag of flour, but with nine kids and two adults, well, that counts for a lot of food." (pg. 12)
Fresh bread, hot out of the oven. That is a memory G'pa Dick passed on to his 4 children. I'm sure he, too, experienced his grandmother's hot, buttered bread twice a week after school. So, although I never remember him saying why he made bread, I have a pretty good idea. Food is an invisible thread connecting us to our memories of people, places, and childhood.
3.) Mrs. C. M. Clifford came Monday from Flint, Mich., to accompany the little son of Walter Walden, Norman Richard, to the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Walden, where he will be cared for, for a time at least. Mrs. Clifford expected to go on from here to Omaha yesterday to visit with her brothers, before returning to her home.
Source: The Lamoni Chronicle, published in Lamoni, Iowa on Thursday, May 2nd, 1929, p. 4
MOTHER: Aliene Erma Brackenbury
FATHER: Norman Walter Walden
1st WIFE: Joan Lee Piper
m. 31 May 1952, Flint, Genesee, Michigan
(divorced)
CHILDREN:
L.A. Walden
Chris Howard Walden
L.J. Walden
Linda Aliene Walden
J.P. Walden
2nd WIFE: Rhea Marie Dutcher, nee Deering
m. abt 1986, Bay Port, Huron, Michigan
FURTHER INFORMATION:
1. [Living with Walden grandparents]
1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Richard Walden
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1928 [abt 1927]
Birthplace: Michigan
Race: White
Home in 1930: Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son (grandson)
Father's Name: (grandfather) Henry E Walden
Father's Birthplace: Minnesota
Mother's name: (grandmother) Grace Walden
Mother's Birthplace: Iowa
Occupation: (Henry: farmer)
Rent/home value: Owned 3500
Parents' birthplace: (grandparents)
Household Members: Name Age
Henry E Walden 62
Grace Walden 57
Ruth Walden 28 (teacher public school)
Wilbert Walden 18 (attending school)
James Walden 16 "
Ernest Walden 14 "
Richard Walden 2 [2 6/12]
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa; Roll: 652; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 18; Image: 202.0; FHL microfilm: 2340387.
He chose to give his life to people 40 years ago when he accepted ordination as a minister in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He had been employed by the R.P. Lewis Co. for 20 years and was Vice President of Post Realty Co. for 15 years.
He is survived by the great love of his life, his wife, Rhea Walden; 3 daughters, Lauren Walden of Chicago, Lisa Walden of Independence, Missouri, and Jody Petrie of Bend, Oregon; 4 stepchildren, Kim Dutcher of Haslett, Rena Colby of Caseville, Gwen Dutcher of Grand Rapids, and Patti Dutcher of Bay Port, 6 grandchildren, a brother, Norman, and a sister, Valerie York; and stepmother Phyllis Walden of Warrensburg; also many cherished friends. He was preceded in death by his son Chris and daughter Linda.
Source: The Lamoni Chronicle, Lamoni, Iowa, Thursday, August 4th, 1988, p. 6
Memories from his daughter Lisa:
1.) BREAD. G'pa Dick enjoyed making bread, white bread. I don't know if he knew the recipe by memory, or whether the written copy was lost over time. In the same round, enamel pan he doled out the family popcorn, he kneaded bread dough and placed it in the oven to rise.
There was never freshly, baked bread without a large, dish of butter. G'pa Dick would hand each of us a slab of that hot bread, and we would melt just like the butter. It delighted our noses, tongues, and now memories. Fresh bread, hot out of the oven.
Long after G'pa Dick died I began to understand the connection he made with baking bread. As with most of our taste memories, it went back to his childhood. He was just 2 years old when his father Walt removed him from his Aunt Helen Brackenbury Clifford's care. Apparently, Aunt Helen's husband wasn't the father figure Walt wanted for his son, so G'pa Dick was taken to Lamoni [Iowa] for his Walden grandparents to raise.
(Elisha) Henry and Grace (Miriam Tabbut) Walden worked hard to bring up their 10 children (one died as a toddler). And now they added a grandson. While Henry took whatever job he could find, store clerk, farmer, janitor, etc., Grace budgeted carefully and clothed and fed their 7 boys (now 8) and 2 girls.
They raised amazing people. Women from that era didn't have many choices other than parenting, yet Henry and Grace's 2 daughters became a chiropractor and a college professor. Their sons ranged from becoming a dentist to a Lieutenant Colonel, all independent and successful. Grace must have been a force to be reckoned with in their home.
Her son, Evan, wrote this memory of her in his book: "My mother baked nine loaves of bread twice a week, and when I'd come home from school in the afternoon, I'd be looking forward to having a piece of bread and butter. Fresh bread, hot out of the oven.
"One time I came home and the bread wasn't ready, and we were clear out of bread. I thought I was going to starve. So I went over to an aunt's who lived about a block away, and she gave me some hot bread. I still remember that. I was very small, second grade or something like that. We used to buy flour in 50-pound bags. That's a pretty good-size bag of flour, but with nine kids and two adults, well, that counts for a lot of food." (pg. 12)
Fresh bread, hot out of the oven. That is a memory G'pa Dick passed on to his 4 children. I'm sure he, too, experienced his grandmother's hot, buttered bread twice a week after school. So, although I never remember him saying why he made bread, I have a pretty good idea. Food is an invisible thread connecting us to our memories of people, places, and childhood.
3.) Mrs. C. M. Clifford came Monday from Flint, Mich., to accompany the little son of Walter Walden, Norman Richard, to the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Walden, where he will be cared for, for a time at least. Mrs. Clifford expected to go on from here to Omaha yesterday to visit with her brothers, before returning to her home.
Source: The Lamoni Chronicle, published in Lamoni, Iowa on Thursday, May 2nd, 1929, p. 4
MOTHER: Aliene Erma Brackenbury
FATHER: Norman Walter Walden
1st WIFE: Joan Lee Piper
m. 31 May 1952, Flint, Genesee, Michigan
(divorced)
CHILDREN:
L.A. Walden
Chris Howard Walden
L.J. Walden
Linda Aliene Walden
J.P. Walden
2nd WIFE: Rhea Marie Dutcher, nee Deering
m. abt 1986, Bay Port, Huron, Michigan
FURTHER INFORMATION:
1. [Living with Walden grandparents]
1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Richard Walden
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1928 [abt 1927]
Birthplace: Michigan
Race: White
Home in 1930: Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son (grandson)
Father's Name: (grandfather) Henry E Walden
Father's Birthplace: Minnesota
Mother's name: (grandmother) Grace Walden
Mother's Birthplace: Iowa
Occupation: (Henry: farmer)
Rent/home value: Owned 3500
Parents' birthplace: (grandparents)
Household Members: Name Age
Henry E Walden 62
Grace Walden 57
Ruth Walden 28 (teacher public school)
Wilbert Walden 18 (attending school)
James Walden 16 "
Ernest Walden 14 "
Richard Walden 2 [2 6/12]
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa; Roll: 652; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 18; Image: 202.0; FHL microfilm: 2340387.
