FARMINGTON — Charlotte Grant Walker, 84, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Oct. 26, after a long illness, at the Orchard Park Nursing Home, where she has resided for the last two and a half years.

Charlotte was born April 17, 1926, in Lewiston, the daughter of the late Eugene V. and Jennie (Barlow) Grant. She graduated from Lewiston High School in 1943, and earned a mathematics degree at Bates College, Class of 1947.

Charlotte and Ted made their home in Poland Spring, while running the family business Ted Walker, Inc., Mechanical Contractors. Charlotte was an original board member instrumental in the building of the Alvan B. Ricker Memorial Library in Poland, past president of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Maine Association of Plumbing, Heating and Cooling Contractors and a former member of the National Association of Women in Construction. Charlotte’s smile will be missed by all her family and loving friends.

Charlotte is survived by her husband of 63 years, Elmer F. (Ted) Walker Jr.; her three sons, Peter G. and Nancy Walker, of Fort Morgan, Colo., Thomas E. and Ann Walker, of Farmington and David and Becky Walker, of Statesville, N.C.; Charlotte leaves six grandchildren, Corey Walker of Pueblo, Colo., Emily Walker of Pocatello, Idaho, Eric Walker of Manchester, N.H., Jameson Walker of Helena, Mont., Christopher Walker of Kingston, Wash., and Jennie Walker of Winston-Salem, N.C.; Charlotte also leaves five great-grandchildren.

Charlotte was predeceased by two brothers, William Grant and Eugene Grant Jr.