Obituary of Tomme Stalker

Tomme StalkerA memorial will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 23, at the Unitarian Universalist Church for Tomme Jackson Stalker of Eugene, who died June 23 of lung cancer. She was 89.She was born May 5, 1921, in Manor, Texas, to N.R. and Kathryn Thompson Jackson. She married Robert A. Stalker on Oct. 31, 1942, in Austin, Texas. He died in 2003.She earned a bachelor’s degree in speech and drama at Mills College in Oakland, Calif., and a master’s degree in speech pathology at the University of Oregon. She was a speech pathologist for Eugene public schools.Survivors include two daughters, Kathryn Wilkins of Ottawa and Elizabeth Stalker of Seattle; two sons, Robert of Oakland, Calif., and John of Laguna Beach, Calif.; and five grandchildren.Arrangements by Musgrove Family Mortuary in Eugene. Remembrances to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids or the Lane Community College Foundation.A memorial service will be held for Tomme Stalker on Monday, August 23 at 11:00 a.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Eugene. Tomme was born in Texas in 1921, and died on June 23rd, 2010. She was pre-deceased by her husband, Robert A. Stalker. Survived by her 4 children and 5 grandchildren. She was a resident of Cascade Manor at the time of her death.