Robert D. Walker (1935-2010)

WALKER, DUNAHOO, SAMPSON, WEIGLE, BURNETT

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 11/15/2010 at 07:25:58

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, November 9, 2010.

Robert D. Walker, 75, of Maxwell, died Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10, at Memorial Lutheran Church in Nevada. Burial will follow at Woodland Cemetery in Iowa Center.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, at Bacon Funeral Home in Nevada.

Memorials may be made to the Robert Walker Memorial Fund.

The Bacon Funeral Home in Nevada is in charge of arrangements.

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Wednesday, November 10, 2010.

Robert D. Walker, 75, of Maxwell, passed away Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames. Funeral services were at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10, at Memorial Lutheran Church in Nevada, with Pastor Tom Poppe officiating. Burial followed in Woodland Cemetery in Iowa Center.

Visitation was Tuesday evening, Nov. 9, at Bacon Funeral Home in Nevada.

Robert was born Nov. 6, 1935, to Charles J. and Jessie M. (Dunahoo) Walker at R.R. Cambridge. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He married Betty Jean Sampson, and to this union, three children were born, Charles, Wanda and Roberta. Betty was killed in an accident in 1962. Robert married Kathy (Burnett) Weigle on April 5, 1963, in Omaha; she had one son, Jeff, whom Robert adopted.

Robert worked for Iowa State University as a mason for 30 years. He enjoyed bowling, hunting, fishing playing cards, riding his Honda Goldwing and spending time with his grandchildren. He and Kathy drove a semi-truck hauling dry freight and U.S. Mail over the road for five years. He had a stallion and bred and raised black and white paints for many years.

He is survived by his wife, Kathy; one son, Charles (Cathy), two daughters, Wanda and Roberta (Mike), all of Nevada; one son, Jeff (Monique), of Clearfield, Utah; two brothers, Richard (Donna), of Cambridge, and Harlan (Audrey), of Beaverdale; 12 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; one step-grandson; one step-great-granddaughter; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife; and his in-laws, Robert and Ethel Burnett.

Memorials may be made to the Robert Walker Memorial Fund.

Bacon Funeral Home in Nevada is in charge of arrangements.

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