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MADISON-Eleanor Francis (Bauhs) Walker, 95, passed away peacefully in her sleep the evening of August 22, 2018. She was born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin, and attended St. James Grammar School and West High School.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Catherine Bauhs, her 3 brothers, Fr. Eugene, Gordon and Howard Bauhs, her husband, William Ray Walker, and her daughter, Diane Marie Walker.

She is survived by her sons, Thomas (Angela) and Robert (Ella), and seven lovely grandchildren.

Eleanor has been a parishioner at Queen of Peace since the early 1960s, and her children and many of her grandchildren attended school there. The family celebrates the life of love and caring she lived as a daughter, sister, wife, mother and aunt, and rejoices that she is finally reunited with her daughter after 49 years.

In lieu of flowers, please make memorials to the Madison Community Foundation, designated to the Walker Fund for Music, which benefits local school music programs.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 am, on Monday, August 27, 2018, at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, 401 S. Owen Dr., Madison , with Msgr. Kenneth Fielder presiding. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until the time of Mass at the church on Monday.

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