John P. Walker, passed away on February 8, 2022 in Wheat Ridge, CO from an acute battle with esophageal cancer. He was born on July 8, 1954 to Orville Jackson Walker and Nancy Walker (Duby) of Ohio.

John grew up in Youngstown and Toledo, Ohio. He graduated from high school in Toledo in 1973. After high school John went to trade school for Electronic Engineering Technology at ITT Technical Institute in Dayton, OH. Upon graduation from tech school in 1974, John took a leap of faith and moved from Ohio to the greater Denver area, for Colorado’s blue skies and skiing. In 1980 John married Virginia Chess (Parido) in Grand County. There they had three daughters together. In the late 1980’s John moved to the Roaring Fork Valley, where he became a licensed plumber. In 1994 John was married to Dianne Walker (Frazee) and in 1998 they moved from the Roaring Fork Valley to Salida. John was a handyman and a home inspector in Chaffee County until 2018 when he retired and moved to Prescott, AZ. In 2021 John moved back to Colorado and resided in Greeley.   

John Walker is survived by his daughters Fawn Walker of Englewood, FL, Brittney Vaughn (Steven) of Greeley, CO, Jacque Goff (Jared) of Wheat Ridge, CO, his grandchildren: Adelaide and Jack Vaughn, and his sister Marianne Holman of Denver, CO.

He was proceeded in death by his parents O.J. and Nancy Walker, and his sister Jeanette Walker.