W. Wyatt Walker, Jr.

W. Wyatt Walker, Jr. (Bill) of Sarasota, Florida, son of the late Wilbur W. Walker and Harriet Smith Walker of West Hartford, CT. passed away on Friday, February 1st, 2019. Born on March 14, 1923 at Hartford, CT, he was educated at Kingswood Oxford School in West Hartford, CT and Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA. He spent most of his business career with National Fire Insurance Company in Hartford, CT, retiring from that company in 1968 as Vice President after 25 years of service. He was active in insurance industry affairs and served as a member and chairman of numerous committees. He spent the next ten years in the men's clothing business with his friend Allen Collins in West Hartford, CT and retired from that activity in 1978 to devote his full time to his civic and environmental interests. He was the former member of the board of directors and an officer of the Simsbury Historical Society, the Hartford Stage Company, the Simsbury Land Conservation Trust, and the Siasconset Civic Association. In recent years he has served as board member and treasurer of the condominium where he lived. He was also a member of the Bird Key Yacht Club and the Bay Isles Beach Club and the Pacific Club. A former member of Christ Church Catherdral in Hartford, he was at the time of his death a member of All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church in Longboat Key, FL and a summer member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Nantucket, MA. He leaves behind his beloved wife, Daphne Dodge Walker, treasured daughters Cynthia S. Walker of Martha's Vineyard, MA and Priscilla Walker Dallmus of Acton, MA, his grandchildren Christian and Sage Dallmus, and great-grandson Jordyn Walker-Snowden, having been pre-deceased by his granddaughter Issabel Walker. He also leaves Daphne's children, Christina Swain of Waterford, CT, Tristram and Leigh Wood of Hightstown, NJ, and Amanda and William MacDonald of Charlestown, MA, and their respective children, Ian, Sophia, and Lydia Swain, and Duncan, Phoebe, and Bridget Wood. Bill loved all of his grandchildren dearly! A memorial service will be held on Friday, February 8th at 11 AM at All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church on Longboat Key, FL. Contributions in his memory may be made to All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, Longboat Key, FL 34228 or St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Nantucket, MA 02254.

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W. Wyatt Walker, Jr.

March 14, 1923 - February 1, 2019