Jack Lee Webster — January 22, 1940– July 15, 2006

Council Bluffs kid. Northwest legend. Unapologetic fighter.

Jack Lee Webster was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and grew up hard, fast, and loyal. He carried that Midwestern backbone west, where he built a life in the Pacific Northwest that was anything but ordinary.

He became a father, stepfather, a protector, and a street-wise mentor to kids who needed a shield. To one of them — the child who now writes these words — he was the man who taught the rule that still matters: never give up, put your head down, and fight. That ethic outlived him and carried others through battles he never saw.

Jack’s life brushed against headlines, courtrooms, and whispered legends. He ran with friends who became co-defendants and lived in a world of characters straight out of crime novels. Yet the snapshots tell the truer tale: a man on a couch in Shelton, Washington with a child and a partner, trying to carve out a moment of family amid the chaos.

Jack died in 2006, before his story could be fully told. But those who knew him don’t remember a statistic; they remember a force of nature — a Council Bluffs kid who grew into a Northwest legend, a man who loved fiercely, fought hard, and left behind grit instead of excuses.

He is survived by his stepson Bo D. Rupert, his daughters Amanda J. Webster and Bambi Lapage, his son Toni Nelson, and his common-law wife Stephanie Rupert.

And so we salute him: the man whose code and toughness helped his stepson claw through the fight of childhood cancer and come out alive. Jack’s legacy isn’t just in court files or rumors — it’s in the heartbeat of everyone he taught to stand up, keep swinging, and never quit. Jack loved children, he would often help kids that weren't even his.

Rest easy, Jack. Your fight made ours possible. Your legend walks on.

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