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Ojai - Dorothea Elizabeth Walker

Dorothea Elizabeth Walker age 86 of Ojai died Monday Dec. 13 1999 at home following a lengthy illness.

Mrs. Walker was born May 5 1913 in Orange County Calif. She went on to study literature at UCLA where she met her husband Rodney A. Walker of Ely Nev. She was a junior high school teacher in the early 1940s and a writer for House Beautiful magazine in the early 1950s.

She and her family moved to Ojai in 1956. In addition to raising five children she served on the boards of several community organizations including the Ojai Music Festival the Ventura County Symphony the Ojai Art Center and Happy Valley School.

She and her husband Rodney ran several businesses together including shops in Ojai and Montecito and a condo rental business in Hawaii.

Her passion was music. She founded the Southern California Recorder Society in the early 1950s and played cello in the Ventura County Symphony between 1961 and 1979. In the early 1960s she hosted several Ojai Festival concerts in her home including concerts by cellist Gregor Piatagorsky composer Lukas Foss and may other top musicians.

She is survived by her sister Sue (Jack) Ramsey of Glendale; five children Bruce (Delores) Walker of Westlake Village; Ellen Langston of Reno; Lisa Kaufman of San Rafael; Mark (Peta) Walker of Melbourne Australia; and Craig (Debi) Walker of Ojai; six grandchildren Bonnie and Rebecca Walker of Westlake Village; Charles Langston of Phoenix Ariz.; Brooke Walker of Australia; Rhett and Dylan Walker of Ojai; and one great-grandchild Aerielle Langston of Phoenix.

She was preceded in death by her husband Rodney who died in 1986.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Neptune Society. At Mrs. Walker's request there will be no funeral or public service.


Ventura County Star - December 15, 1999

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