Dorothy J. Walker Obituary
We are sad to announce that on April 26, 2025, at the age of 91, Dorothy J. Walker (Kalamazoo, Michigan) passed away. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Dorothy J. Walker to pay them a last tribute.
She was predeceased by: her former husband H. Carl Walker; her daughter-in-law Wendy Zuidema; her parents, Clarence Menning and Elizabeth Menning; and her siblings, Deloris Conner (Roscoe), Sylvia Smallegan (Howard) and Curtis Menning (Daleene).
She is survived by: her children, Blake Zuidema and Jan Koopman (Kendall); her stepchildren, Liz Rogers, Dave Walker (Maribeth Malecki), Carol Wellbaum (Lance) and Bill Walker (Mary); her grandchildren, Michael Zuidema, David Zuidema and Christine Smith; her stepgrandchildren, Abby Rogers, Caroline Rogers, Graham Walker, Jackson Walker, Shannon Walker, Phoenix Wellbaum, Addison Walker and Grant Walker; and her great grandchild Allyson Smith. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Dorothy Walker's memory may be made to the general fund of the First United Methodist Church of Kalamazoo http://www.umc-kzo.org, or the Carl & Dorothy Walker Graduate Civil Engineering Fund https://donate.umich.edu.
