Marvin Charles Walker

October 24, 1934 - December 22, 2021

It is with great sadness that the Walker family announces the sudden and unexpected passing of our family's patriarch Marvin Charles Walker. Marv was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan and attended Cooley High School in Detroit. After high school he joined the Army during the Korean War and served two years in Germany. He returned to Michigan after the war and attended Highland Park Community College in the Detroit area and then Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant Michigan where he received a Bachelors Degree and Teaching Certification. After a brief Teaching career Marv decided to join the automotive industry working first at both Hetche and Conyers Ford in Downtown Detroit before accepting a position as General Manager at Bob Ford, Inc. in Dearborn, Michigan in 1977. In September of 1983 Marv become the President and owner of the dealership and renamed it Fairlane Ford Sales, Inc., where he enjoyed over three decades of success, winning countless awards and accolades as one of the most respected and successful dealerships in the country, as well as serving on the National Dealer Council and many other important boards and committees. Besides being highly regarded in business he was well respected in his community and church as well. Marv is survived by his wife Alice of 63 years and his children Julie (Jeremy Chapman) and Joseph; his four grandchildren Vincent, Aaron, Calvin and Adam; sister Virginia (Willard) Bosanko, and 3 nieces Susan, Jane and Jennifer. Marv's loving spirit, devotion to family, generosity and sense of community will never be forgotten by family and any and all who knew him. He will be sorely missed by all. Honorarium donations in Marvin's memory should be made to The American Heart Association (https://www.heart.org/?form=donate&s_src=21U5W1AEMG&s_subsrc=evg_sem&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI49mmgeT89AIVUBfUAR26iwcjEAAYASABEgJaQPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds) and St. Jude's Children's Hospital (https://www.stjude.org/donate/donate-to-st-jude.html?amount=x&adobe_mc_sdid=SDID%3D5F831872924767AD-1BB435DCDA999541%7CMCORGID%3D091B467352782E0D0A490D45%40AdobeOrg%7CTS%3D1640360843&adobe_mc_ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&sc_dcm=58700006942402311&sc_cid=kwp&sc_cat=b&ds_rl=1285465&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIkJWPpOT89AIVgRXUAR1OsgjDEAAYASABEgJ83fD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds). To sign Marv's guest register or to leave online condolences, please visit www.ShikanyFuneralHome.com. Arrangements are being handled by Shikany's Bonita Funeral Home and Crematory, Family Owned and Operated since 1978.