Myrtle Walkden, 87, retired schoolteacher

\Myrtle H. Walkden, 87, of Spring House Estates in Lower Gwynedd Township and a retired elementary
school teacher, died on New Year's Day at Chestnut Hill Hospital. Miss Walkden was born in Phila-
delphia and graduated from Frankford High School. She earned her teaching certification from Temple
University. Before her 1970 retirement, she taught physical education and health courses at Merchantville
(N.J.) High School for 10 years and then at Olney High School in Philadelphia for 30 years. She also
coached athletics. Miss Walkden was a member of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Maple Glen.