William K. “Bill” Walker, age 79, passed away at the Logan County Hospital in Oakley, Kansas on Thursday, August 29, 2024. He was born on August 9, 1945, in Norton, Kansas, the son of William Gail & Geraldine May Groves Walker. He was a resident of Oakley, Kansas since 2021 moving from West Plains, Missouri.
In 1963, Bill graduated from Medicine Lodge High School and then graduated from Southwestern College in Winfield four years later. He was in education for almost 50 years. After stints in Dodge City and Salina, he came to Scott City in 1969 where he taught and coached until 1975 when he moved to Union City, Oklahoma to teach at Yukon High School in Yukon, Oklahoma. In 1979 he moved back to Scott City to teach and also coach the Beaverette Basketball team. He then assisted with the boys’ basketball team from 1989 to 1992. He then transitioned to full-time administration until 2000 when he moved to Jewel County, Kansas.
At that point, he became a principal and then superintendent for the White Rock School District. After that, he was the superintendent for both the White Rock and Mankato School Districts until he led the effort to consolidate those two districts to form the Rock Hill School District in 2006. In 2013 he retired from education and moved to West Plains, Missouri until recently moving to Oakley, Kansas in May of 2021.
He was a member of the Ionia United Methodist Church in Ionia, Kansas
On December 18, 1966, he married Marilyn R. Stillwell in Friend, Kansas. She passed away on June 10, 2021, in Oakley, Kansas.
Survivors include One Son - Yancey & Kristy Walker of Oakley, Kansas, Two Step Grandchildren - Christian Koch of Oakley, Kansas, Cadence Koch of Oakley, Kansas, One Sister - Judy Walker Link of Cunningham, Kansas, and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his Parents, Wife, and One Daughter - Whitney Walker.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, September 6, 2024, at the United Methodist Church in Scott City, Kansas with Pastor Dan Hutton presiding.
Visitation will be from 11:00 until 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, and 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Thursday at Price & Sons Funeral Home, 401 S. Washington St., Scott City, Kansas.
Interment will be in the Scott County Cemetery in Scott City, Kansas.
Memorials in lieu of flowers can be made to Scott Community Foundation for a scholarship in his name in care of Price & Sons Funeral Home, PO Box 553, Scott City, Kansas, 67871.