Sharon Rose Walker Obituary
Sharon Walker, 79, of Springfield Funeral services are 10:30 AM, Friday, March 25, 2022 at Peters Funeral Home in Springfield. Burial in the Bon Homme Cemetery, rural Springfield. Visitation will be the hour prior to services at the funeral home on Friday.
Sharon Rose Walker, 79, of Springfield, spending the past seven years in Huron, passed on Sunday March 20, 2022 at Avantara of Huron at 6:20 PM. She passed with her children and grandchildren around her.
Sharon was born August 29, 1942 in Matoon, IL to Bruce and Ethel Irene Odell. She was raised with her nine siblings. She graduated High School and turned around and got married September 1, 1960 in Decator, IL to Jack LeRoy Walker. The newlyweds moved to the ranch on the Cheyenne River in South Dakota until 1971. They moved to Chamberlain, SD and owned and operated Jack's Bait & Tackle and Dakota Excursions. She raised five children. She also held many careers over the years including working for Ben Franklin, bus driver, and cook. She retired from EPI in the early 2000's.
Sharon had a deep and abiding love for the Lord. She shared this with her many Sunday School classes and VBS programs. She enjoyed traveling with Jack. They made several trips to Huron or Arkansas, to see grandkids and Alaska to visit lifelong friends. She enjoyed sharing her bear story, watching Jack get chased to the camper and yelling let us in. After moving into Avantara she enjoyed the games and other activates that they set up including whipping everyone in Trivia Pursuit. She loved ice cream, coffee and talking about and to her grandkids until her passing.
She was proceeded in death by her parents Bruce and Ethell Irene O'Dell and her husband Jack Walker.
Sharon is survived by her five children: Bruce Walker, Nancy (Ron) Wallenstein, Steven Walker, Keven Walker, and Mathew Walker; her grandchildren: Tyler Wallenstein, Cassie Walker, Nikki Walker, Megan Walker, Julieana Wallenstein, Colton Walker, and Dakota Walker; and her great-grandchildren Dean Walls and Kayson Walls.
