Walter KURTZ

Happy Heavenly Birthday , missing you and Ms. Virginia

Miss you and Ms. Virginia dearly.

Over the past year, there have been many times you have crossed my mind. While you may not be here in the physical sense, I feel like you are watching over us and continue to help guide us through this life. I would venture to say, you never knew what a profound, and positive affect you had on us. Unfortunately, most of us never thanked you while you were here with us. I hope to see you again, in the next life, and let you know how much I appreciated the example you set for me. My hope...

I also had Mr. Kurtz as a drafting teacher at Harding Jr High in the 70s. He was a talented teacher with endless patience. His dedication to detail and proper instruction was unmatched. He really cared about our education. Although I only had him as a teacher for just one semester, he's one of only a few few teachers I remember from my three years at Harding. It doesn't surprise me that he volunteered much of his time helping others through life just as he did his students. Yeppur, a...

Mr. Kurtz was my drafting instructor at Harding Junior High back in the mid sixties. He was soft spoken, very respected by all of us rowdy boys, and taught us much more than drafting. He proved to us by his example that you didn't have to be the toughest guy in the room to be respected and get things done. He managed to teach us a skill that at the time we didn't realize we would use at times for the rest of our lives. Thank-you Mr. Kurtz for all the time you invested in all of us. The...

Mr. Kurtz was my drafting teacher at Wilson Jr. High School. We crossed paths again at Fort Hamilton Hospital when my wife was expecting our first child. Mr. Kurtz was our childbirth coach. His patience and gentile kindness was so helpful. Following his lead, I have been in the graphic design and marketing field my entire career. He was instrumental in helping me choose my path in life and I am very grateful to have been introduced to him. My thoughts and prayers are with him, family and...

I had Mr. Kurtz for a teacher at Harding Jr. High School ha had so much patience with us kids and we were a wild bunch of kids prayers