Jack Leroy Walker Obituary
Jack Walker, 73, of Tabor
Funeral services will be 10 AM, Thursday, March 3, 2011 at the Emmanuel Reformed Church in Springfield with burial in the Bon Homme Cemetery, rural Springfield, with military honors. Visitation is Wednesday with the family present from 5 pm until 7 pm at the Crosby-Jaeger Funeral Home in Springfield.
Jack LeRoy Walker died early Thursday, February 24, 2011 at Avera Sacred Heart
Hospital in Yankton, SD. He was born September 18, 1937 to Chester E. Walker
and Vera (Hopkins) Walker-Young at Union Center, SD. Jack attended high school in
Pierre, SD and graduated in 1956. He served in the US Navy from 1956 to 1960.
Jack met Sharon R. O’Dell and they were wed on September 1, 1960 in
Decator, IL. They ranched with his folks on the Cheyenne River in western SD
until 1971. They moved to Chamberlain, SD were they owned and operated Jack’s
Bait & Tackle and Dakota Excursions. While in Chamberlain, Jack was a volunteer
fireman and a member of the JayCees. He also spent one year as the Brule County
Jailor. Jack and Sharon moved to Springfield, SD in 1983. He was a member of the
Emmanuel Reformed Church. He was a long haul truck driver for a number of years
and later became a meat inspector for the USDA. When he retired from the USDA, in
2002, he began delivering newspapers for the Yankton Press and Dakotan. He did
this until he became to ill to continue in November of 2010.
Jack liked watching the geese fly in the spring and fall of the year and
gardening. He enjoyed camping and fishing and doing these activities with his
grandchildren. He also enjoyed his trips to Alaska which involved a lot of camping and fishing.
Thankful for having shared his life are his wife, Sharon: 5 children: Bruce Walker, Canyon Lake, TX, Nancy (Ronald) Wallenstein, Huron, SD, Steven (Angel) Walker, Bonner Dale, AR, Keven Walker, Lennox, SD, and Matthew Walker, Tabor, SD; two brothers: David Walker, Pleasanton, CA and Larry (Judy) Walker, Hill City, SD: a sister Carol (Roy) Morris, Greenfield, CA: 6 grandchildren: Tyler and Julieana Wallenstein, Cassie, Nicole, Megan and Colton Walker: and numerous nephews and nieces.
He was preceeded in death by his parents, Chester and Vera and his youngest
sister Linda (James) Geise.
We love you Grandpa and will always remember you for the good times: the fun we had; the cars we fixed; the trips we took; the memories you shared; the stories you told; the many papers I helped you deliver; and the advice you gave.
I love you, Grandpa.
Tyler
