Winnetta Dorrean Walker

Dorrean was born Winnetta Dorrean Graves in Prescott, Arizona on May 12, 1947 to Sam and Elizabeth Graves. She passed away the morning of Sunday, May 2, 2010 due to pancreatic cancer.  It's her life in between that is of great significance. Dorrean graduated from Prescott from Prescott High School in 1969 and then attended the University of Arizona, graduating with a B.S. in education.  Her first teaching opportunity out of college came from Ganado on the Navajo Reservation, then later Red Mesa and Chinle where she met Marcus and started her family.  She would move eventually to Chino Valley and teach history at Prescott High School until her retirement in 2007. Dorrean is survived by her husband Marcus Walker of Chino Valley, daughter Beth Martz and her husband Brad of Chandler, AZ, daughter Marla Payne and her husband Mark of Dewey, AZ, sister Ede and her husband Ernie of Whitefish, MT, sister Gloria Bowser and her husband David of Pueblo, CO.