NORTH ARLINGTON- Kathleen Walker (nee Whelan), 83, died on Sept. 8, at the Oakland Care Center, Oakland. Born in Ireland, she lived in Kearny before moving to North Arlington in 1997. Mrs. Walker was a member of the Kearny Senior Citizens. She was the beloved wife of the late Daniel E.; the cherished mother of Sharon E. DiGesu and her husband, Mark, and Frances M. Walker; the adored grandmother of Mark, Michael, and Christopher DiGesu, Kyla Rocha, Daniel Smith, and five great-grandchildren, and the loving sister of Frances Whelan. The funeral will be from the Parow Funeral Home, 185 Ridge Road, North Arlington, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 9 a.m., thence to Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, North Arlington, for the funeral mass at 10 a.m. The interment will follow in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Tuesday from 4 to 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the ;(function() { var adKeyValue = 't='; adKeyValue+= escape('clio=STJ'); adKeyValue += escape('&cobrand=northjersey'); adKeyValue += escape('&linktext=St. Jude Children\'s Research Hospital'); adKeyValue += escape('&linkurl=https://shop.stjude.org/GiftCatalog/donation.do?cID=13522&pID=18290&frequency_selected=2&memoryFirstName=Kathleen&memoryLastName=Walker&sc_cid=ptn1'); adKeyValue += escape('&fn=Kathleen'); adKeyValue += escape('&ln=Walker'); var adClkUrl = 'http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?iu=/423686928/prod/obit-aff/obit-standard/clio-inline-1&' + adKeyValue + '&sz=1x1&c=628255107'; var adImpUrl = 'http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/423686928/prod/obit-aff/obit-standard/clio-inline-1&' + adKeyValue + '&sz=1x1&c=628255107'; document.write("<a href='" + adClkUrl + "' target=_blank>St. Jude Children\'s Research Hospital<" + 'img' + " src='" + adImpUrl + "' style='width=1px; height=1px; display:inline;' /></a>"); }());, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38105.