Aug. 23, 1954 – Dec. 10, 2011
Walter Stanley Reck, 57, of Lebanon died Dec. 10, 2011 at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital.
He was born at Lebanon Community Hospital to Stanley and Patsy (Saily) Reck.
He attended schools in Sweet Home and Brownsville.
Mr. Reck spent many years working as an iron worker in various states, mainly in the Northwest. He built bridges, banks, mini malls, hospitals and roads. He loved fishing, hunting and gardening.
He is survived by his wife Cheri of Sweet Home; sons Jeremy Ferebee of Lebanon and Jason Lee Ingram of Dallas; a daughter, Tasha Edwards-Martinez of Portland; his mother, Patsy (Saily-Reck) Brown of Lebanon; sisters Melinda (Reck) Johnson of Lebanon and Lucille (Reck) Oeder of Albany; seven grandchildren; aunts Lorraine Reck of Beaver Creek and Helen Ewan of Jefferson; nephews Eino and Shawn Pruitt of Sweet Home, Tobby Pruitt of Albany and Jacob Oeder of Albany; and niece Krystae Oeder of Albany.
He was preceded in death by his brother. George Eino. in 1952; grandparents Dortha Saily in 1969 and Eino Saily in 1979; his father Stan in 1989; and his stepfather, Buryl Brown in 2007.
Viewing will be at noon Monday, Dec.19, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1955 S. 5th Street, Lebanon. A funeral service will follow at 1 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the family to help defray the costs in care of Sweet Home Funeral Chapel.
Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements.