Walter Skold

Rest in peace, poet man,

He was one of a kind even in high school...followed him from a distance. Now he gets to meet all the poets!

I knew Walter at Nyack. I went to enlist him in a political cause, and I knew someone who had his name had died a couple of years ago, but I did not think it was him because Walter was political, not into poetry, when I knew him. So sorry. I had that happen last year when I went to contact an old friend of mine in IT and found out he had died in 2018. So many dying too young. RIP Walter.

Walter's fascination with poetry and with our great poets of the past was contagious. I spent many happy days with him exchanging views, reciting poems and celebrating at their graves. I was part of his first Dead Poets' Day celebration in Maine, reading Millay's "Ragged Island" at the crack of dawn on the coast with the sun coming up over the island that had been Millay's summer home and later reading "Renascence" in the Camden Public Library. I have missed him and will now continue to miss...

I would like to express my deepest sympathies for the loss of your loved one. May you find comfort and help in God during this time of mourning.

We extend our sympathy and prayers to the Skold family and Barbara. Our Smith family enjoyed all the great times we shared in Changchun, China. We will never forget his part in the Thanksgiving performance of "Lao Wai, Lao Wai" sung to Simon and Garfunkel's "The Boxer." Those were good days!

Very truly sad for your loss... God bless your brother...

We just learned of Walter's passing. Our hearts are heavy. He was a great and Brilliant man. A thoughtful Father to his children. Our children were in class with both Simon and Wesley. We also enjoyed having them and sins to our house for Young Life Club.
All the Skolds are in our prayers.