Jack Walker passed away on January 4, 2026.

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Jack Walker was born on June 25, 1949, to his parents Clinton Wesley Walker and Merlin E. Walker. He passed away on January 4, 2026. Jack was truly a miracle baby, as his father had been told he could never have children due to mumps contracted in childhood. He was blessed with loving, supportive parents who nurtured his drive and potential.

From a young age, Jack was an overachiever who relentlessly pursued excellence in everything he did. As a boy in Lyman, he trapped skunks for the town, delivered newspapers, and worked on a survey crew—all while serving as class president, student council president, king of the hop, and a member of the debate team. He captained the football team, set a school record in pole vault, excelled in basketball and track, and was an all-around athlete. He also competed in rodeo.

Jack graduated from the University of Wyoming ahead of his classmates. On April 4, 1972, he accepted a position with Schlumberger and was sent to Ventura, California, for training. Starting as a field engineer, he quickly earned recognition, including several wildcat awards and Engineer of the Year in 1974. He held roles in personnel, marketing, sales, and management, advancing rapidly through the ranks to become a vice president for Schlumberger in the United States. He also served in London and Australia, where he sat on the board of directors of the college of engineering for the University at New South Wales located in Sydney Australia. Jack thrived on developing people and often said, “If you don’t have a replacement trained, you can’t be promoted.” He dedicated himself to mentoring and preparing his teams for success.

In 1996, Jack took his first African safari, and over the years he completed 17 African safaris and others across the continent, taking many record animals. He achieved the prestigious “Dangerous Seven”: lion, leopard, elephant, Cape buffalo, rhino (darted), crocodile, and hippopotamus. He shared countless stories from these adventures and also hunted in New Zealand, Australia, England, South America, and Colombia. Jack loved golf, sporting clays, skeet, and trap shooting—and he excelled at them all. In 1996, he won the Men’s Oilmen’s Golf Tournament at Gleneagles in Scotland. He lived by the principle that if something was worth doing, it was worth doing right the first time, and he never hesitated to seek help or guidance from mentors he admired throughout his career.

Jack retired from Schlumberger in 2008 but continued on contract for a couple of special projects he personally assembled. To ease the transition into retirement, he served as President of Safari Club International, where he helped improve a highly successful auction program to support wildlife conservation—a cause that brought him great fulfilment.

Jack enjoyed working on their ranch in Wyoming alongside his wife and family. In his later years, he also took great pleasure in helping to start up Lone Tree Petroleum, an oil and gas company, excited by the opportunities it promised before facing the challenges the 2020 pandemic brought. He approached every endeavor with the same passion and determination that defined his remarkable life. . Jack was preceded in death by his parents, Clinton Wesley Walker and Merlin E. Walker. He is survived by his loving wife, Ginger Walker; two sons and their wives, Cody and Jessica Walker, and Lance and Jodee Walker; and six grandchildren: Cole, Ethan, Waylon, Noah, Kaylee, and Zane. He was immensely proud of his family and instilled in them a deep love of hunting, the outdoors, and hard work.

Jack also leaves behind his surviving brothers and sisters: brother Vance Walker and his wife Lisa, sister Marilee Anderson and her husband Guy, sister Sonya Buckner and her husband Mike, and brother Tyler Walker and his wife Crystal.