Barry Quentin Walker, M.D.'s Obituary
Barry M.D. Obituary
Barry Quentin Walker, M.D., 86, died Sunday, March 8, 2015 at home at Kendal surrounded by loved ones.He is survived by his beloved companion of 7 years, Marilyn Carson; by the mother of his children, Elizabeth Villaume; by his son, David Walker; by his daughter, Katherine Walker; by his brother, Dr. Stuart Walker; and by his three grand-children. Dr. Walker was widowed by his second wife, Marilyn Moran, in 2007.Dr. Walker grew up in Hartsdale, New York, attended Bronxville High School and Middlebury College in Vermont. He went on to attain his Masters Degree in Zoology from the University of Arkansas, and would pursue a lifelong passion for the preservation of wildlife and the natural world. He ultimately chose to pursue medicine, attending Case Western Reserve Medical College, completing his internship and residency at the Cleveland Clinic. He would go on to become an accomplished Interventional Radiologist who practiced for more than twenty years at St. Marys/Bon Secours Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, while teaching residents at the Medical College of Virginia. He fully retired from medicine in 1999.At the height of his career, Dr. Walker traveled extensively to teach cutting-edge radiological procedures, from the former Soviet Union to China, from East Africa to Brazil.A true gentleman farmer, he lived for more than 20 years on 20-acres overlooking the James River in rural Goochland, Virginia. He enlisted his entire family to care for over 250 exotic ducks and geese, several hawks, many dogs, snakes, rabbits, a raccoon, and a horse. Doc Walker, as he was known by his neighbors, was locally famous for rehabilitating the countys injured birds and other wildlife.From an early age Dr. Walker was a highly skilled artist. By the mid-1960s, he became world-renowned for his unique feather paintings, a rare Chinese art form in which actual cut-feathers are applied to paper to render highly accurate images of birds. In later years, he became a globally-recognized expert in butterfly photography. His collection of over 25,000 butterfly and moth pictures will be donated to the University of Florida at Gainesvilles Lepidoptery library.Dr. Walker retired to Oberlin, Ohios Kendal community in 2002, where he became an active member of the community known, as always, for his love of birds.Memorial services for Dr. Walker will be held at the Kendall Community Center in Oberlin, Ohio on May 2, 2015 at 2pm. Memorial donations in the name of Dr. Walker are suggested to the Nature Conservancy (www.nature.org) and the Kendal at Oberlin Residents Assistance Fund at 600 Kendal Drive, Oberlin, OH 44074-1900. Arrangements were in the care of Dicken Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Elyria, OH.
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