Gary Wayne Walker, age 67, died Sunday, March 12, 2017 in Amarillo, Texas.
Graveside Services were held at 10:30 AM Central Time on Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at the Bertrand Cemetery in Felt, Oklahoma by Hass Funeral Directors of Clayton, New Mexico.
Gary Wayne Walker was born on September 11, 1949 in Clayton, New Mexico to Don and June Walker. He attended school in Boise City and graduated from Boise City High School. He went on to attended college at Lamar Community College, Oklahoma Panhandle State University and Oklahoma State University. Gary married Janet (James) Walker in Boise City, Oklahoma. He was a bull rider and a bronc rider and was very involved in rodeos for several years. After he could not rodeo any longer he farmed on the family farm. Gary was preceded in death by his parents and his wife.
SURVIVORS:
2 DAUGHTERS: Amber Kunshek and her husband Brett of Overland Park, Kansas, Dana Sparkman and her husband Trey of Boise City, Oklahoma.
1 SON: Gary Don Walker and his wife Melissa of Olathe, Kansas.
4 GRANDCHILDREN: Seville Kunshek, Piper Kunshek, Emma Walker and Luke Walker.
HIS COMPANION: Harriet Bourk of Boise City, Oklahoma.
3 SISTERS: Joyce Farmer and her husband Joe of Boise City, Oklahoma, Janet Horner and her husband Herbie of Guymon, Oklahoma and Judy Winkler and her husband Bill of Dallas, Texas.
8 Nieces and Nephews and their spouses.
MEMORIALS: The family asks that memorials be made in Gary’s memory to the Cimarron Memorial Hospital, 100 S. Ellis, Boise City, OK 73933 or to the Oklahoma Panhandle State University Rodeo Club, P. O. Box 430, Goodwell, Oklahoma 73939.
