John Winston Walker Sr.

John Winston Walker Sr., born January 30, 1926 in East Liverpool, Ohio died at the age of 97 in his home in Oak Hill, Virginia on May 22, 2023. He was the son of Marcella C. Daugherty and Clifford Walker.

Jack served in the Army Air Corps in the Pacific on a B-29 Bomber during WWII. After returning and marrying his wife Dolores he attended The Ohio State University School of Veterinarian Medicine class of 1951. Jack retired from a full career with The Department of Agriculture, Animal Health in Washington, DC. He went on to enjoy a second career with USAID and lived in Pakistan and Somalia with his wife Dolores. They both loved traveling to many less traveled corners of the globe and loved sharing their stories around the table with family and friends enjoying the wonderful meals prepared by Dolores's loving hands.

Jack loved running, completing several Marine Corps marathons, and hiking on the Appalachian Trail. He seldom missed a chance to watch Ohio State football or Redskins games. Jack was an avid gardener and each spring anxiously anticipated his much loved tomato harvest.

His wife of 74 years, Dolores Pizzica Walker, died in 2020. Their son John Winston Walker Jr. preceded them in death in 1990. He is survived by his sister Mary Jane Noyes and his son, William David Walker (Betsy) and two daughters, Melissa A. Werthmann (Andy) and Nancy J. Bear (Terry) and their five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.

Jack was interred with his wife Dolores in Arlington National Cemetery.