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A Wetzel and Son Obituary for:
Dorothy M. Walker
October 11, 1948 - January 23, 2023


Public Events and Locations

Graveside Service - Monday, January 30, 2023, 11:30 AM at Washington Crossing National Cemetery, Newtown

Contacts

Funeral Home - Wetzel and Son Funeral Home - 419 Huntingdon Pike, Rockledge, PA 19046 - 215-663-8550 - Map
Cemetery - Washington Crossing National Cemetery - 830 Highland Road, Newtown, PA 18940 - 800-535-1117 - Map
Family Florist - Sally’s Flowers - 7950 Oxford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111 - 215-722-4500 - Map
Donation - American Diabetes Association - PO Box 7023, Merrifield, VA 22116-7023 - 610-828-5003 ext. 4631 - Map

Dorothy M. Walker of Warminster, Pennsylvania died Monday, January 23, 2023 at Jefferson Abington Hospital. She was 74 years old. Dorothy was born October 11, 1948, daughter of the late Harry L. Casto and the late Dorothy G. Casto (nee - Frey). She is the beloved wife of the late Joseph F. Walker Jr.; Sister of the late Dolores Calhoun and her husband the late John; sister in law of the late John Walker and his wife Joanne and James Walker and his wife Patricia; aunt of John Walker, Jr. and his wife Natalie, Jason Walker, and Justin Walker and his wife Kerry, and Erin Bascug and her husband Jon, James Walker, Jr. and his wife Kari, Andrew Walker and his wife Gabrielle, Laura Walker-Decker and her husband Sean, John Calhoun and his wife Mary, and Matthew Calhoun and his wife the late Karen; great aunt of John and Graham Walker, Jason, Lucas, Olivia, and Cooper Walker, Justin, Andrew, and Evan Walker, Evan and Liam Bascug, Cecelia and Vivienne Walker, Patrick, and Charles Walker, Holly Decker, Amanda Moore and her husband Michael, Kristina Midzak and her husband Steven, and Sean Calhoun, and Victoria and Alexandria Calhoun; great great aunt of Makenna Midzak.

Dorothy was a lifelong resident of Fox Chase she born, raised, and educated in Philadelphia. She grew up in the Fairhill section of the city and was a graduate of Jules E. Mastbaum Area Vocational/Technical School. She continued her education at Philadelphia Community College. Dorothy and Joseph were married in 1978 at the Zion Lutheran Church in the Olney section of Philadelphia. The two shared more than 38 years of loving marriage. Dorothy worked for many years in data processing for PECO. She retired in 2005. In her free time she enjoyed photography and astronomy.

Relatives and friends were invited to her graveside service on Monday, January 30, 2023 at 11:30 A.M. at Washington Crossing National Cemetery, 830 Highland Road, Newtown, PA 18940.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to American Diabetes Association, PO Box 7023, Merrifield, VA 22116.

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