Thursday, April 19, 2007

HELEN WALTON, 87

Claim to fame: Widow of Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart. She died Thursday evening in Arkansas.

According to this Associated Press report:
"We are so proud of our mother and the life she led," said Rob Walton, eldest son of Sam and Helen Walton and chairman of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. "She devoted much of her life to helping others, and to improving the quality of life in Northwest Arkansas.

"Today, my brother and sister, and the entire Walton and Robson families mourn my mother's death. But we also celebrate her extraordinary life."

Walton was born Dec. 3, 1919, in Claremore, Okla., a daughter of L.S. and Hazel Carr Robson. Walton's husband Sam, a native of Kingfisher, Okla., died in 1992 at the age of 74.
The matriarch dies. The big-box empire lives on.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

"...Today, my brother and sister, and the entire Walton and Robson families mourn my mother's death. But we also celebrate her extraordinary life..."

..." and to further celebrate, everyone is invited to mom's house to swim in the pool full of cash and gold coins! Please keep the splashing of gold coins to the minimum, they bruise."

Anonymous said...

All attendees at the visitation will receive complimentary smiley face stickers from a nice old man in a blue vest.

Desdinova said...

They said she was 87. I understand that she was recently rolled back to 86.88.