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Joan Walker (Jackob)
December 21, 1930 - January 30, 2022
WALKER,
Joan (nee Jackob), passed away at home in Stratford, NJ on January 30, 2022 at age 91. Joan was the dearly beloved wife for 67 years to the late Richard, Sr. She was the cherished mother of daughter Joy Walker and son Ronald (Michelle) and her late sons Robert and Richard.
“Mimi” idolized her five precious grandchildren: Richard lll, Stephanie, Brittney, Madison and Lauren, as well as being the proud great grandmother of Richard lV, Mackenzie and Gabrielle. She was the daughter of the late Margaret and Robert Jockob of Drexel Hill, PA and Stratford, NJ.
Joan was a graduate of Upper Darby High School and Keystone Secretarial School, was a member of the Democrat Party serving 10 years as a Camden County Committeewoman and 10 years as a Councilwoman in Stratford, NJ. She had many friends in both political parties. Joan also was a member of the Stratford Fire Company Auxiliary serving as corresponding secretary for 10 years, was a member of the Stratford Park Commission for 12 years serving as secretary and assisted in the “Miss Stratford Pageant for 20 years.
A hundred years from now it will not matter what her bank account was, the sort of house she lived in or the kind of car she drove, but the world will be different because she was important in the life of a child – Brittney.
Her service will be held privately at the request of the family.