Janice Marie Walker

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Janice Marie Walker, 80, of Colton passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at the Covington Heights Care Center in Sioux Falls.

Funeral services will begin at 1:00 PM Monday March 4, 2019 at First Lutheran Church, Colton.  Visitation will be from 2-4:00 PM Sunday at the Minnehaha Funeral Chapel, Colton.  Burial will be in the Graceland Cemetery, Madison.

Janice Marie was born September 3, 1938 in Estelline, South Dakota to parents, Herman and Elizabeth (Ravenhorst) Jurgens.  She grew up in that area and graduated from Clear Lake High School.  She moved to Sioux Falls and met Robert Walker and they were married February 14, 1958 at the Hamlin Reformed Church in Castlewood, South Dakota.  After their marriage they lived in Sioux Falls until moving to Colton in 1965.  After her children graduated, she worked at Minnehaha Country Club while attending Killian Community College, studying to be a legal secretary. She then worked for Wheatstem Realty and later Citibank.

She was a member of First Lutheran Church.  Many things were important to her, but her family was first, especially her grandchildren.

Grateful for having shared her life are her husband, Robert, Colton; step daughter, Debra Grodin, Ravenel, SC; children, Dawn (Ken) Lydic, Sioux Falls; Mark (Shelly) Walker, Omaha, NE; twins, Adam (Sindle) Walker and Alan (Jennifer) Walker, both of Sioux Falls; fourteen grandchildren, fourteen great grandchildren and a sister, Barb (Newell) Ordal, Madison.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister, Ruth Sikkink and two nephews, Scott and Barry Ordal.

Condolences may be sent to Robert Walker in care of Dawn Lydic at 1519 S. Sherman Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57105