SHERMAN ALLEN WALKER

Sherman Allen Walker, age 73, resident of 801 Eugene, Bronson, Kansas, died Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008 at his home following a lengthy illness.

He was born March 28, 1934 in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Samuel Robert Walker and Patricia Ann Gray Walker. He married Norma Cooney on Jan. 10, 1953 in Huntsville, Ark. Sherman retired because of health from a 30-year career as branch manager with Bankers Life and Casualty Insurance Company. He was a member of the Hope Chapel Assembly of God.

Survivors include his wife Norma, of the home; one son, Craig Walker, Bronson; four daughters, Pamela Constans and husband Paul, Parsons, Brenda Alter, Lawson, Mo., Kimberly Saleh and husband Jay, Lee's Summit, Mo., and Sara Adams and husband Billy, Bronson. Also surviving is a sister Jeane Chambers and husband Warren, Buffalo, Mo.; eight grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Bill Walker and Robert Walker.

Lloyd Houk will conduct graveside services at 10 a.m. Friday in the Bronson Cemetery. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Thursday at the Cheney Witt Bronson Chapel. Memorials are suggested to Hospice Care of Kansas and may be sent to Cheney Witt Bronson Chapel, P.O. Box 93, Bronson, KS, 66716.