57
said Superior Court Chief Justice Barbara
J. Rouse. “We will remember his steadfast,
dignified presence on the bench, his com-
mitment to justice, and his wonderful,
wry sense of humor.”
In a note in
The Boston Globe
addressed
to Judge Walker’s family and friends, the
employees of Middlesex Superior Court
wrote, “We at the Middlesex Superior
Court had a special place in our hearts
for the Judge. He was a great joy to work
with and just fun at times to shoot the
breeze with. We are all better off for hav-
ing known him.”
Surviving Joe Walker are his sister,
Melanie Walker Harewood, her husband,
Dr. Ivor Harewood, and the judge’s beloved
niece, Dr. Meredith Eileen Harewood, all
of Los Angeles.
1981
Diana Kristen Soule
a devoted nurse
practitioner and
beloved family
member, known
for her kindness,
genuine sense of
humor, and gentle
manner, died in a
car accident in
Canterbury, N.H.,
on June 7, 2014. Her funeral was attended
by dozens of members of the St. Paul’s
School community – past and present.
Born in Concord, N.H., on Christmas
Day, December 25, 1962, Ms. Soule was
the youngest child of Genevieve (Herlihy)
Soule and the late Dr. Webster Soule.
Diana developed an instant and lifelong
bond with her father on the day of her
birth. Concord Hospital was quiet because
of the holiday, and the doctor on call did
not make it in time to deliver Diana, so
Dr. Soule delivered his own baby girl.
Ms. Soule spent her youth in Concord,
attending public schools in the city and
walking with her older brother, Matthew
Soule ’77, to school each day from the
family’s house on Merrimack Street before
the Soules moved to a home on Mountain
Road in East Concord. She was an accom-
plished equestrian, who loved riding and
caring for horses, and was a joyous mem-
ber of 4-H and the Pony Club.
She followed her older brother, Matt, to
St. Paul’s as a Third Former in the fall of
1977. Ms. Soule excelled in and out of the
classroom at SPS, captaining the girls
varsity soccer team and playing varsity
squash and lacrosse. She served as head
acolyte and vice president of the
Missionary Society. At graduation, she
received her diploma
magna cum laude
and was awarded the Dr. Everett P. Smith
Prize for contributing “conspicuously to
the morale and well-being of the School,
its students, or the community.”
Ms. Soule went on to Princeton Uni-
versity, where she played squash and
majored in history. She graduated in
1985, before eventually continuing on to
Vanderbilt University’s Graduate School
of Nursing, from which she graduated
with high honors. She possessed a gen-
uine curiosity and love of learning that
matched an impressive work ethic.
Following her education, she served for
10 years as a nurse practitioner with
hospice in Los Angeles, before returning
to Concord, where she was a volunteer
at Concord Hospital’s Therapeutic Arts
Department for more than a decade.
Highly respected in her field, Ms. Soule
was a member of the National Honor
Society for Nurses.
Dedicated to helping others, Ms. Soule
was an advocate in college for Oxfam
America. She continued to demonstrate
her commitment to helping others through
her work with Memorial Sloan Kettering
Cancer Center in New York City and
through her professional work, which
touched both the East and West U.S. coasts.
At a service in Concord to celebrate the
life of Ms. Soule, her brother, Matt, spoke
about their happy childhood together. He
described her as kind and compassionate,
and how that was her great power. Though
she had no children of her own, she was
proud of the accomplishments of her
many nieces and nephews, who, in many
ways, reflect her patience, kindness,
and modesty.
Ms. Soule is survived by her mother,
Genevieve; her sisters, Genevieve House,
Virginia Norton, and Andrea Soule,
and their families; her brother, Matthew
Soule ’77, and his family; six nieces; and
three nephews. She was predeceased in
1992 by her father, Dr. Webster Soule.
