Sara Pauline [Rankin] Walkup 1975-2011

CLARK, RANKIN, WALKUP, CLEAR, WISGERHOF, WALL, TRAILKILL

Posted By: Curtis (email)
Date: 9/15/2011 at 10:23:55

DEATH NOTICE:

(The Leon Journal-Reporter Leon, Iowa September 7, 2011)

WALKUP, Sara Pauline, 35, of Princeton, Missouri, died on Thursday, September 1, 2011 at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Funeral services were held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 6, 2011, at the Slade-O'Donnell Funeral Home in Leon, Iowa, with Pastor Leroy Perkins officiating. Burial was held in the Evergreen Cemetery, Lineville, Iowa.

A memorial fund has been established by the family.

Obituary -

(The Leon Journal-Reporter Leon, Iowa September 7, 2011)

SARA PAULINE WALKUP ... Sara Pauline Walkup, age 35 of Princeton, Missouri, was born December 14, 1975 in Grinnell, Iowa to Dennis Wells and Carla Dean [Clark] Rankin. She passed from this life on Thursday, September 1, 2011 at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas city, Missouri.

Sara graduated from Lineville-Clio Schools in 1994. She then worked at the Lamoni youth Shelter in Lamoni, Iowa. After her marriage to Samuel Eldon Walkup on May 5, 2001 in Lineville, Iowa, she became a wife and later a mother to their three children, Wilbur "Wil", Emma, and Maxwell "Max". She was a homemaker and also ran Sara's Home Day Care for three years.

Sara was an active member of the Lineville United Methodist Church, the Princeton Mother's Club, and the Princeton PTO. She and Sam coached little league tee ball for five years. She also enjoyed scrap booking in her free time. Her family was her life and her kids were everything to her.

Preceding her in death were her grandparents, Gerald and Pauline Rankin; father-in-law Wilbur "Willie" Walkup; sister-in-law Debbie Clear; uncle Jerry Wisgerhof; and niece Ellie Walkup.

Survivors include her husband Sam Walkup and their children, Wil, Emma, and Max, all of Princeton; parents, Dennis and Carla Rankin of Lineville, Iowa; brothers and sisters-in-law, Jason and Melanie Rankin and their children, Abby and Mikayla of Merriam, Kansas and Nathan and Katy Rankin and their children, Dennis and Jordan, of New Virginia, Iowa; grandparents, Dick and Marilyn Clark of Grinnell; mother-in-law Helen Walkup of Humeston, Iowa; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, David Wall of Mission, Kansas, Duane and Cindy Wall of Blockton, Iowa, Doug and Julie Wall of Rensselaer, Indiana, Drexal and Laura Wall of Blockton, Gary Clear of Afton, Iowa, Tina and Lonnie Trailkill of Eagleville, Missouri, and Tom Walkup of Humeston; many nieces and nephews; and other relatives and many, many friends. Sara was a wonderful daughter, sister, wife, mother, and friend. She will be sadly missed.