Article: Employees, friends remember fallen Kent State U. co-worker

Andy Netzel
University Wire
09-10-2001
(Daily Kent Stater) (U-WIRE) KENT, Ohio -- The 43 chairs set up near the entrance of the Kent State University Campus Environment and Operations building Friday weren't enough.

Some of the 146 people that showed up to remember Jerry Walker were wearing suits and ties, others blue work shirts and boots. But everyone had a story to tell.

A memorial was unveiled Friday for Walker, who was electrocuted in February while working in the basement of the Student Wellness and Recreation Center.

Walker's buddies and co-workers designed the memorial, which includes a pear tree and a boulder that used to be near the entrance to campus, and tiger lilies -- Walker's ...

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