----WALLA WALLA Robert William (Bud) Walkup of Reubens, Idaho, former Idaho County sheriff, died Friday at the Veterans Medical Center at Walla Walla after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 63.
Walkup served as county sheriff at Grangeville for 7 years before resigning in 1983 after a controversy over a tape-erasure case. He also served as Cottonwood Police Chief for 12 years prior to being sheriff.
He was born Jan. 11, 1927, to Robert Joseph and Ollie Mae Cline Walkup at Marlington, W. Va. At the age of 2, he moved with his family to Spirit Lake, Idaho. He graduated from Spirit Lake High School. He married Anna Jordon June 9, 1950, at Burnet, Texas.
Before beginning his law enforcement career, he served two years with the U.S. Navy. He was stationed in the Philippines and Guam during World War II. He also served 5 years in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Korea during the Korean War.
He was deputy sheriff at Ferry County, Wash., for two years and police chief at Spirit Lake for 8 years before serving at Cottonwood and Grangeville.
The family later moved to Texas, where he served as chief investigator for San Saba County for two years. He retired in 1986 after 35 years in law enforcement and the family moved to Reubens.
He was a member of the Lutheran Church and Spirit Lake Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1473. He also enjoyed hunting, traveling and camping.
Survivors include his wife at the family home at Reubens; three sons, Dale Walkup of Corpus Christi, Texas, Larry Walkup of Reubens, and Mikel Walkup of Orofino; three sisters, Marie Mackie and Ila Walkup, both of Spirit Lake, and Gay McClure of Prosser, Wash.; and 10 grandchildren.
His parents, two brothers, Paul Walkup and Glenn Hinkle, and a sister, Thelma Cates, died previously.
A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Greenwood Cemetery at Spirit Lake with members of the Spirit Lake Veterans of Foreign Wars officiating.
Herring Funeral Home at Walla Walla is in charge of arrangments.
