Walker, Dr. Richard’Dick’                    husband of Naomi Sue’Susie'(Butler)

Burial Date: 2017,  02/06          Age: 81                Lot: 1253 F

Richard “Dick” Walker, 81 passed away at Presbyterian Manor, Sterling on Friday, February 3, 2017.  Dick was born July 5, 1935 at Miami, Oklahoma the son of Andy and Mable Smith Walker.  He received his Bachelor of Arts from Pittsburg State College, Master’s Degree form Emporia State College, Doctorate in Biology at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.  Dick married Susie Butler, August 28, 1954 at Pryor, Oklahoma.  Susie passed away on January 22, 2017.   They lived most of their married life in Sterling where he was a Professor of Biology for 34 years at Sterling College, he was also a member of the United Methodist Church and Sterling Country Club.   Survivors are 2 sons, Pat and Barbara Walker, Oklahoma City, OK., Bill & Denise Walker, St. Louis, MO., 4 grandsons, Jonathan, Michael, Matthew, Mark; one granddaughter, Janelle.

Funeral Service will be 1:00 P.M., Monday, February 6, 2017 at Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling with Rev. Jeff Miller officiating.   Visitation will be 2:00 to 5:00 P.M., Sunday, February 5, 2017 at Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling with family present.  Burial will be in the Sterling Community Cemetery.  Memorials are to Presbyterian Manor in care of Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling.

Love Stories – from Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America

DICK AND SUSIE WALKER

“We both graduated from high schools in northeast Oklahoma. Then we went to the same junior college. I had heard about her, and then I saw a picture. She was on the drill team, and the photo was a promotional photo for the team, and she was in her uniform. Well, I asked her to the engineers dance. That must have been after Christmas. She had to ask around about me to lots of folks before she gave in. The dance was in March. We graduated and got engaged. And then we married in August and that’s it. Here we are 62 years later with two kids and two grandkids.”