On September 12, 2013, Mary Ann (Dolly) Walker made her final transition to be with her beloved husband who went before her in 2005, William G. Walker. Mary Ann was also preceded in death by her parents, Mary and Matt Bender; and brother, Nick Bender. She is survived by her brother, Robert A. Bender (Barbara) of Wyoming; sister-in-law, Lucetta Bender of Montesano; her nephews and nieces, who were like her own children, Robert Bender (Marianne) of Los Angeles, David Bender (Michele) of New York, John Bender (Robyn) of Issaquah, Patte Mulcahey (Ted) of Bellevue, Nikki Smidt of Bellevue, Boyd Bender of Seattle, and Michael Bender of Montesano. She also had fourteen great -nieces and nephews, and fourteen great-great-nieces and nephews. Her dear friend Robbie Polzin was always there for her.
She was born Mary Ann Bender in Montesano, Washington on December 2, 1930, at the family home. She graduated from high school in 1948 and attended beauty school during her junior and senior year of high school, but pursued other employment after high school at Grays Harbor Chair as a secretary and it was while working there that she met and fell in love with the shipping clerk, William (Bill) Walker. They were married on January 26, 1952, in Montesano.