Winifred A. (Steele) Walker

WEST TOPSHAM- Winifred A (Steele) Walker May 30, 1939 – February 4, 2025. To borrow from Tom Petty, She’s a good Girl, loves her Mama, Loves Jesus and America too. She’s crazy about Elvis, Loves Horses and (our edit) Her family too. She loved music and this refrain always captures her attention and reflects her essence. She left this earth in search of her family and friends who have passed and her best horses to ride. Winnie was born in Boston and raised in Boxborough, MA, when it was a thriving farm town. Her love of community, country living, being with her family and area to have her horse, brought her to Vermont. She was a proud graduate of what is now the Stoneleigh-Burnham School, a private school where you can bring your own horse, and she remained an avid horsewoman her whole life. She was a proud member of the Daughter’s of the American Revolution. She expanded her circle of friends from those from Massachusetts to Vermont and beyond and support to include those whom she shared her sense of joy for knitting, quilting, church, and exploring opportunities for social gatherings over a glass of wine or cuppa tea or a shared meal. Her interests included live music, and small-town community events, old cars, photographs and travel. She traveled across the southern & western US in search of live country music, riding opportunities and cowboy history. Her trips to see her cousins and family were often remembered with such joy. Her friends and family will miss the opportunities for her “stories”, walks in the woods, four-wheeler rides, (especially those with Jake), drives to old farms & houses, wineries, finding live music and possess a ever sense of exploration of Vermont, New England to Nova Scotia, and what life can offer when you share conversation. She leaves her beloved sisters, Martha Brown and Joanne Steele. Her brother Fred Steele, sister Jeanne Kangas, mother Anne Kirby Steele Atwood and Father Avery Steele, predeceased her. She was predeceased by her eldest son David Bone of IN. She leaves her kids; Bruce A Walker and partner Cindy Hancock, Kirby A Walker Meister, (John), Merri A Walker & grand dog Bean, Raymond A Walker (Karen). Her Grandkids, Timothy Brown, Nicole Walker, Alyssa Walker and Jake Walker. Great Grand kids, Maddox, Trevor and Mason Brown, and beautiful Emily Longto. We are grateful her brief stays at the Margaret Pratt Community and the Jack Byrne Center. Thank you for the gracious and caring staff at both facilities. In Winnie’s memory please consider donating to the Central Vermont Humane Society. Her family and friends are looking forward to the stories, pictures and memories to be shared. Let starting a conversation with kindness be her lasting gift to us all. Her arrangements are as follows, a wake will be held at the Hale Funeral Home, 187 Upper Rd, Bradford, VT. On Saturday February 15th, 1pm to 4 pm. Celebration of Life, and internment will be on May 30, 2025. Further information to follow closer to the date. Arrangements are in the care of Hale Funeral Home in Bradford.

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Winifred A. (Steele) Walker

May 30, 1939 - February 4, 2025