Jack E. Walker, 93, of Iowa City and formerly of Tama, passed away Thursday, July 21, 2022 in his Iowa City apartment. A Memorial Service will be held Monday, July 25, 2022 at 10:30 AM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama with Rev. Brooks Simpson officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Tama. Visitation will be held Sunday, July 24, 2022 from 4-6 PM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home.

Jack Ernest Walker was born July 21, 1929, in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was born in the sanitarium there as his father was a terminal patient. His parents were James Ernest Walker and Alice Valberta Walker, nee Ream. After his father passed away, Jack and Alice moved around with her brother living in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Long Beach, California, and Omaha, Nebraska, before settling in Tama, Iowa, after his mother married Clarence E. Hornback. Jack was educated in Tama schools, where he played football, and was in the band, graduating in 1947.

He attended Simpson College, Indianola, graduating in 1951. While at Simpson he met and married a farmer's daughter from Pottawattamie County, Mary Elisabeth Alston. They both taught school at Toddville where Jack also coached boys' and girls' basketball and baseball. Jack and Mary had three children, Catherine, going by Cathey, Allen, and Sue. He was inducted into the United States Army, became a Military Policeman, and served in Korea at the end of that conflict and afterward. Returning to Tama, Jack worked for his stepfather for some time, then owned a tank-wagon service, Sinclair, for a number of years. After selling that, he returned to work for his stepfather's truck line, C.E. Hornback Inc., Interstate Contract Carrier. He bought it in 1970, mostly hauling paper out of the Tama Papermill. He drove semi until he was 79½ years old.

Jack was an avid Hawkeye fan, attending his first game in 1946, having season tickets for many years until age ninety.In 1988, Jack married Nancy Anne Kitch Hamilton from Iowa City, and they enjoyed nearly thirty-one years of love and life together until she passed away.

Jack was preceded in death by his parents, his step-father, Clarence Earl Hornback; both wives, Mary and Nancy.

Jack is survived by his children, Cathey (Joe) Avery, Shell Rock, Allen, Coralville, and Sue (Rick) Van Dee, Tama; grandsons, John, Landrew "Joey" (April) Van Dee, Jamie (Nikki) Van Dee, and Pete (Samantha) Avery; his great-granddaughter, Jordan Van Dee; great-grandsons, Kobe, Hunter and Finley Van Dee.

Memorials may be directed to the family for future designation in Jack's name.