Patricia Glee (Gillen) Walker March 20th 1938 – June 24th 2022
Patricia Glee (Gillen) Walker
Packy Walker took the hand of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and entered the Kingdom of God for her heavenly homecoming the early hours of June 24th. The room was filled with love, and she was holding the hands of her sons as she left this world. Packy was a one of a kind, made in Montana girl who truly knew the value of hard work and loving thy neighbor. Packy was given her nickname from her father who was proud of his Irish heritage. Her parents, Thomas and Frances (Kosak) Gillen, were both born in Montana. Thomas, born in Butte growing up in Red Lodge, and Frances, born in the small coal mining town of Bear Creek, MT. Frances’ parents emigrated to the US in 1904 from Yugoslavia. Frances learned English in grade school in Roundup and grew up near the No.3 Coal Mine where her father worked.
Packy remembers growing up making Poteca, a traditional Slovenian sweet bread, with her mother and aunts, a treasured tradition that Packy passed down to her granddaughters. You counted yourself blessed to receive a loaf of poteca for Christmas from Packy.
Packy was born in Wolfpoint but mainly grew up in Roundup where she graduated from high school in 1956 as the Valedictorian. Packy was the class Vice President, participated in student council, chorus, twirling, pep club, tumbling, rodeo staff, panther parade staff and was prom queen. Packy and her mother Frances hold the distinction of being the only mother-daughter team to both be crowned May Day Queens at Roundup High School. read more
