Obituary of Jack L. Locke
A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 24, at West Lawn Memorial Park in Eugene for Jack Leonard Locke of Eugene, who died March 18 of complications from heart disease. He was 76.He was born Jan. 11, 1935, in St. Joseph, Mo., to Ira and Ruby Locke. He married Gertrude “Trudy” Richmond on Sept. 10, 1978, in Eugene.He graduated from Newburg High School in Oregon. He served in the Army during the Korean War, from 1953 to 1955. He was a professional musician, working at the Embers Supper Club for 35 years. In his earlier years, he drove a gravel truck and school buses and pulled green chain at Georgia-Pacific.Survivors include his wife, children, many grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.Arrangements by West Lawn Memorial Park & Funeral Home in Eugene. Remembrances to Oregon Heart Association.