Lawanna Muriel Walke passed away Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022, at Ashian Village, Lyman, SC, at the age of 97 years.
She was born July 31, 1924, in Jackson to Clarence and Nellie Scheper.
Muriel was in the Jackson High School Class of 1942. Muriel worked at the Malden Army Air Force Training Base during World War II as a telephone operator where she met her husband, Ted. They lived in Milwaukee, WI, many years. Muriel worked at Bucyers ERAS and retired from General Motors.
Loving survivors include a daughter, Pamm Bessmer; grandchildren, Jenifer Bessmer, Courtney and Lewis Aho, Arron and Nicole Bessmer; seven great-grand children; a sister, Doris Baker and the late Dr. Dale Baker, State College, PA; brother, Jimmie, (Jim) and Betty Scheper, Jackson; plus many nephews and nieces.
She was preceded in death, by her husband, Ted Walke; baby Walke; son-in-law, Rudy Bessmer; parents, Clarence and Nellie Scheper; brothers, Clarence Lee Merit (Sonny) Scheper and Robert (Bob) Scheper, Sr.; sisters, Juanita Friday and Clarice Brown. Burial will be private at Russell Heights Cemetery, Jackson, with Pastor Jason Shaw officiating.
