Walter Lynn Edmiston

I know this is a late condolence but I just found this page and searched for one of my all time favorite teachers in my academic years hoping I would not find him here. Mr. Edmiston was one of a kind. Witty, kind, humble, stern, knowledgeable and approachable. I learned so much from him. All of his students were so blessed to have him as a guide during impressionable years. I think it´s so fitting that he was chosen as a model as I always thought he was so dapper! I love that he and...

Mr. Edmiston was one of my best teachers at Tyee H.S., a eventschool with a superb faculty. He had a shortwave radio set he kept in the class should one day there be a world we would hear. We were coming from first lunch into his 4th period US History class on November 22, 1963, when some of the students sid the President had been shot--they heard on their portable radios and we thought it was a prank. Mr Edimoston turned on the shortwave and the class sat it shock, horror, and disbelief...

So sorry to hear of his passing. He was a great and talented baseball coach at Tyee. I often thought of him as the Perry Mason of the baseball diamond, so conversant was he with the baseball rules and their applications. I saw some pretty fancy baseball lawyering during our games. He always kept a cool head and processed things so logically. He was impressive. He will be missed. Greg Miller, Class of 1971

Walter walked into the Des Moines Activity Center one day not nearly enough years ago to learn to play bridge. How grateful that he did! It meant many happy afternoons in the company of a bright and gentle man who was still broadening his horizons and learning new things in his sunset years. I speak for our other bridge buddies when saying that he will always be in our hearts and that he is greatly missed.

They say you should put life into your days, instead of days into your life. Mr Edmiston put a lot of life into his days! His was a life well lived! He was one of my favorite teachers at Tyee. May he rest in peace.

One of my favorite Teachers. Rest in Peace.

We had a lot of good times, Ina, but good times simply don't last long enough. When your grief subsides a little, and you will have some, I've been down that road, your good times will start blooming. Believe me!