2023ObituariesWalter Leon “Duck” Webb

Walter Leon (Duck) Webb passed peacefully in his sleep at home in Watson, LA on June 11, 2023. He was born September 6, 1940 at home in Watson, LA to Milton and Rebecca Webb. Duck was an avid sportsman who loved hunting, shrimping and fishing.

His military career began in 1960 following graduation from Denham Springs High School. He served over twenty years during the Vietnam era. He started as a Survival Equipment Specialist (parachute rigger). He packed parachutes for pilots of all types of aircraft. Including the SR71 (Blackbird spy plane). Next he moved to TI (Technical Instruction) finishing his career as an Air Force recruiter.

Upon retiring from the military he went to work for Dowel Schlumberger. Then he worked for years for Hillcrest (Affiliated Enterprise). While there he designed and built many different special memory areas for military, religious groups as well as the amphitheater that was used by the community for Easter sunrise services. When that company was sold, he moved back to Dowel Schlumberger until his final retirement. Duck and Heidi loved to travel, from cruises with family and friends to touring parts of Europe. He loved gardening and sharing his bounty of fresh vegetables with neighbors.

He is survived by his sweetheart of sixty-five years, Mrs. Heidi Marie Gill Webb, sixty-two of those years in marriage. Son Brian Keith Webb (Patricia), sister Cherry Lea Hohensee (Jimmy), sister-in-law Bennie Webb, brother-in-law Robert “Nicky” Gill (Connie), numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren and many nieces, nephews and cousins and close friends. He was preceded in death by his son Burt Kent Webb, mother and father Milton and Rebecca Webb, sister Barbara Riedel, brother-in-law Harvey Riedel, brothers J.W. Webb, Maurice “Buddy” Webb, sister-in-law Honor Rae Webb, Robert “Skippy” Webb. Brother-in-laws, Sydney “Bubba” Gill, Donald “Dukie” Gill and mother and father-in-law Robert and Mary Gill. Visitation will take place Thursday, June 15, 2023, at Seale Funeral Home in Denham Springs from 10am – 12pm with Celebration of Life Service beginning at 12pm officiated by Pastor Stephen Hebert of Live Oak Church. Interment to follow in the Live Oak Church Cemetery. The family would like to give special thanks to Hospice In His Care, especially to Stephen RN, Yukie LPN, Bro. Tommy and Aildremia CNA for Duck’s excellent end of life care.

Special thanks also to family and friends Cherry, Dawn, Arlene, Craig and Marie. In lieu of flowers please make memorial donations in Duck’s name to Live Oak Church in Watson, LA or St. Jude Children’s Hospital in Memphis, TN. You may leave a kind message to the family by visiting https://sealefuneral.com/obituaries.