Robert Charles Walker
1/4/1925 - 2/25/2014

Funeral services for Robert C. (Bob) Walker, Sr., 89, of Lake Jackson, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 1, 2014, at Lakewood Funeral Chapel with Dr. Lynne Settlemyre officiating. Burial will follow in Restwood Memorial Cemetery.

Bob passed away on Tuesday, February 25, 2014, at Country Village Care in Angleton, Texas.

Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 on Friday, February 28, 2014, at Lakewood Funeral Chapel.

Bob was born January 14, 1925 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He was a World War II veteran (1943-1946) in the US Navy and served in the South Pacific at Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

Bob joined The Dow Chemical Company in Midland, Michigan after graduation from Kalamazoo College in 1950. He transferred to Ethyl-Dow Chemical Company in Freeport in 1965 and then returned to Dow in Safety and Security in 1969. He retired from Dow in 1982 as a major manager.

Bob was a member of The First United Methodist Church of Lake Jackson since arriving in the area in 1965. He also served on the board of directors of the Salvation Army and Junior Achievement.

Survivors include his wife, Eleanor F. Walker, of Lake Jackson; four children: Robert C. (Bob) Walker, Jr. and wife Michele of Bay Harbor, Michigan, William J. (Bill) Walker and wife Patricia of Angleton, Richard D. (Dick) Walker of Friendswood and Cathleen A. Harvill and husband Chester of Cypress; two sisters, Arlene F. Hughes of Lake Zurich, Illinois and Yvonne Conrad of Three Rivers, Michigan; 10 grandchildren, Gabriele (Mike) Leach, Ame (Shelby) Curlee, Mike (Atsuko) Walker, Jacquie (Brian) Owens, Daniel (Mari) Walker, Kim (Chris) Davison, Lisa (John) Foster, Matthew (Ashley) Walker, Lindsay (fiancé Jonathan Boudreaux) Harvill, Brooke (Anthony) Hesson and 20 great grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to The First United Methodist Church of Lake Jackson or to the Salvation Army in Freeport.

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