LD Walker
LD Walker, 78, of Ogallala, Nebraska, died Sept. 22, 2020, at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. LD was born Jan. 26, 1942, in Ogallala to Dale E. and Dorothy Lee (Linn) Walker.
He graduated from Ogallala High School in 1960, then moved on to Nebraska State College in Chadron, Nebraska, graduating in 1965 with a bachelor’s degree in economics and business administration.
While attending college, he met his sweetheart, Sherri Yvonne Floyd, sweeping his young wife off her feet into marriage on Aug. 16, 1964, in Walsh, to live in Chadron. They enjoyed a close relationship, raising two energetic boys over a 56-year marriage.
LD found great pride in his work and the relationships he cultivated through business and community leadership. Over his lifetime, he served in the USDA Forest Service and 34 years with John Deere, including 22 years where he owned multiple John Deere dealerships from Gordon, Nebraska, to Blackwell, Oklahoma, then back to his beloved hometown of Ogallala. He also sold real estate and assisted with the design of multiple equipment attachments for both Orthman Manufacturing and Hesston.
LD also served in multiple committees and organizations over the years. In Ogallala alone, he served in the Methodist church, city council, cemetery board and airport authority.
He was also an avid reader of biographies and was a proud member of the Ogallala Masonic Lodge. LD loved flying, goose hunting and raising cattle and did many of these things with his wife and sons by his side.
LD was preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived by his wife, Sherri of Ogallala; two sons, Brent and Rebecca Walker of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and Dana and Grace-Ann Walker of Kerrville, Texas; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; sister, Connie and Charles Washa of Grant, Nebraska; brother, Marvin and Shione Walker of Lincoln, Nebraska; brother-in-law, Darl and Pat Floyd of Rolla, Kansas; and eight nieces and nephews.
A funeral service was held Sept. 28 at First United Methodist Church in Ogallala, with Rev. Chuck Rager officiating. Interment was at the Ogallala Cemetery, with Masonic graveside rites by Ogallala Masonic Lodge 159 A.F. & A.M.
The service was livestreamed at www.drauckerfh.com and methodistchurchogallala.com.
A memorial has been established to the First United Methodist Church in his memory.
Online condolences may be left at www.drauckerfh.com by clicking the Share a Memory or Tribute Wall buttons on LD’s obituary page.
Draucker Funeral Home of Ogallala was entrusted with arrangements.