Mary Louise Walker née Sigmon passed on June 15, 2019 of natural causes in Salt Lake City, Utah at 96.
Mary Louise was born March 12, 1923 in Mesa, Arizona. While a young girl, her family moved to the Imperial Valley. In 1940 she married Earl Walker in El Centro. Mr. and Mrs. Walker and their family returned to and settled in Holtville in 1952. Over the next 15 years, she was elected to the County Board of Education, taught piano lessons to hundreds of young people, founded and led the "PTA Singing Mothers", and served faithfully in many positions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
After her husband died in 1966, Mary Louise returned to college and graduated with honors from San Diego State University. She subsequently taught first grade in Heber. The following year, Mary Louise moved to Honolulu, Hawaii where she resided for the next twenty-two years.
While in the Aloha State, Mary Louise opened a restaurant, worked in the travel industry, and ultimately joined DHL Corporation where she became a successful sales leader.
After retiring in 1992, she moved to La Cañada, CA. In 2008, Mary Louise relocated to Salt Lake City, Utah where she resided until her passing.
