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Memories and Condolences
for Walter Eidson
Stephen Mitchell
August 23, 2009
My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.
Heather Plagens
June 25, 2009
I love you very much grandpa. i miss you and I think about you alot. I will see you again in heaven. I will take care of your cat Shadow until she passes.She is such an adorable kitty. May you rest in peace grandpa. Lots of love, Heather Plagens
Paula Eidson
June 25, 2009
In My Pocket
I have memories in my pocket.
They rattle among the change.
My memories of you are treasures I carry wherever I go.
They are stored in bits and pieces, parts of a beautiful whole
They give me comfort when I think I am alone.
Yes, I have memories in my pocket, like so much other stuff I keep there.
But of all the treasures I have, it’s the memories of you that are the most precious.
Rachael Jereb
May 13, 2009
The most I will miss about my grandfather is him not being able to see me graduate nursing school. I remember when I was about 8 years old he told me that when I grew up that I would have a career helping people. Today I am two years from graduating with my bachelor's of science in nursing. I know my grandfather would be so proud of me and would have loved to see his prophecy come true. However I know he will still see it from heaven.
May 1, 2009
Jay,
I am sorry I never got to meet your father he sounds like a special person.
Keith
James O'Keefe
April 29, 2009
Millie: Sorry for your loss. I will keep you and your family in my prayers. Jim O'Keefe 70'
Pat Shafer
April 29, 2009
I had the honor of being involved in a couple productions with Walt for Tucson Parks and Recreation Community Theater and I came to love and admire his warm and giving spirit so much over the years and his desire to always try new things no matter how old you are. He will always be in my heart. I know next Christmas the angels will be enthralled by his telling of "Twas The Night Before Christmas." God bless you, Walt.
Jane Hill
April 28, 2009
Millie, you may not remember me, but we were at Salpointe together. I am sorry for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Jane Bussing Hill
Deborah Vath
April 28, 2009
"Uncle Walt" was a very special friend of mine for many years at Los Ranchitos Elementary School. I have fond memories of him sharing stories with my first grade students and making them laugh. He was kind, helpful and truly dedicated to the school library profession. Walt was instrumental in encouraging me to go into library service in the late 1980s. For that, I'll be forever grateful.
Walt rarely forgot to send a birthday card. He loved to share his activities such as riding his bike around Holland or acting out a part in a play. He was forever youthful and positive with his friends. Although I had not seen him in several years, he was always been in my thoughts...and always will be.
Tom Hall
April 28, 2009
Walt is the kindest man I have ever known. He accepted that the world was not a perfect place, yet lived each day as if it were. He treated each of us with dignity and respect regardless of our station in life. It is an honor and a privilege to call Walt my friend. "Glory be to God" Walt would always say. "Glory be to God."
April 28, 2009
Jay, Sara & I were so sorry to hear of your loss. The thoughts of many are with you at this time of sorrow. I enjoyed watching your father Act in the Shakeshere Plays at the City of Tucson Parks & Recreation.
Sara & Raymond Woyak 72'
Joan Carpenter
April 28, 2009
Dear Jay and Kathy: I am so sorry to hear about your father's passing. I did not know him personally but from what I am reading about him he certainly sounds like someone I would have enjoyed! May all your fond memories comfort you, and may his legacy live on through you.
Rosemary Niehaus Beck
April 28, 2009
Millie and family, my thoughts are with you during this time of loss. I remember your father being around during our high school adventures. I know you will miss him. Take care.
Mary Buchanan Bradley
April 28, 2009
Dear Jay,
My heart goes out to you and your family at this time. I remember seeing your dad when we were children over at Sacred Heart. How wonderful to have had him in your life these many, many years. He has taken his place in heaven with your mom, as they deserved.
Elizabeth Carrillo
April 28, 2009
Kathy,
Sorry for your loss. I was teaching in the Sunnyside district during some of his years there. I feel cheated I didn't get to know him.
Elizabeth (Bitsy)Carrillo '71
Pat Kennedy
April 28, 2009
Dear Kathy,
I am sorry for your loss. He will be missed by family and friends.
Betsy and Ed Soto
April 28, 2009
"Hickory, dickory, dock,
The mouse ran up the clock,
The clock struck one-
OH! Time for LUNCH!!"
This is one of the many rhymes Uncle Walt recited to my own children as well as the students of Los Ranch. (My kids, who are now grown, remember him fondly.) I worked with Walt there 25 years ago and even after I left to teach at a different school, Walt would come to my classroom dressed in his clown outfit and paint my students' faces and entertain them with stories. My husband and I will always remember this dear man.
Pam Ryan
April 28, 2009
So sorry to hear about your recent loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Mercy Gomez
April 28, 2009
Dear Kathy, I saw you at Peggy's funeral and I was so happy to see a dear friend from Salpointe. I am very sorry for the loss of your father. I am sure that time and the wonderful memories you have will help during this time of sorrow. God bless you always. Love, Mercy Gomez -Morado
April 28, 2009
Kathy and family,
Please receive my sincere condolences for the loss of your father. He sounded like a wonderful man, though I never had the pleasure of meeting him.
Time helps with the hurt; remember the best of him and smile for the gifts he left behind.
Roman D. Cota '71
Moe Kane
April 28, 2009
Dear Jay,
I hope you are able to take consolation in your memories of your father and in the support of your siblings. I am so sorry for your loss.
Bretta Gunther
April 28, 2009
Rest in peace Uncle Walter. I have many fond memories of visits to Tucson when we were little, a trip to Disneyland with our families and especially how you would interact with my kids on the kitchen floor. You always made time for everyone. My kids, Chris, Jon and Emily loved your storytelling, especially, "One fine day in the middle of the night".
Each visit to Tucson was an adventure for all who joined in. From trying to find desert owls and even the dreaded ‘jumping cactus’. Year after year you remembered my birthday with a special card and message to me. May God Bless my Uncle Walter. Love your niece and Goddaughter, Bretta
Salpointe Catholic High School
April 28, 2009
The Salpointe Catholic High School community extends deepest sympathy to the Eidson family. You are in our prayers at this difficult time.
Emily Gunther
April 28, 2009
I will never forget sitting on the floor with Great Uncle Walter as he spun his tales for my brothers and me. Later he would help my eldest brother compile a book of these tales. This was a long time ago, but the memory will always hang on. He was my first inspiration to begin my own storytelling. I will miss you terribly Great Uncle Walter...I hope I can do your storytelling justice!
Millie Eidson
April 28, 2009
From Walt Eidson's family, we appreciate the thoughts his friends are posting here! It is of great comfort to hear what Dad meant to those he worked with, our cousins and other extended family members, and others whose paths he crossed. He was someone who cared very much about doing a good job with his work, and about the kids in the libraries and storytelling. That pride and dedication definitely influenced all of us kids. Thanks! Millie Eidson
Peter Noble
April 27, 2009
Good Bye Uncle Walter
By you being just who you were, Yourself, with your Focus and your Enthusiasm, you showed me when I was a boy that it was OK for me to do the same. Thank You Uncle Walter.
Your Loving Nephew Peter Anthony Noble
Connie Anderson/Pearman
April 27, 2009
Fond memories come to me of Uncle Walt's helpful ways at Los Ranchitos. NO ONE could match his story-telling, especially around Halloween! Even when I moved to California in 1990, Walt would write enduring handwritten letters and poems to me. Such a sweet man is surely surrounded and busy story telling in Heaven.
Carol Bahill
April 27, 2009
My first job was at Los Ranchitos Elementary in 1975 and Walt was the librarian. At one point I had a small office in the library and got to know Walt much better. The last several years we renewed our friendship at Santa Clara Elementary where he was a substitue and at St Cyril's Church. He always remembered who I was and my name. Walt loved to recall our Los Ranchitos days and made me feel like I was the best teacher in the world.
Jorge Perez Ponce
April 27, 2009
Jay, the whole Americas' group wishes to share with you and your family our prayers and wishes for peace and tranquility that can only come from our Lord Jesus Christ, as you face the passing of your Dad to His loving hands.
Millie Bentley
April 27, 2009
Walt was a special person. He and I shared "his" library at Los Ranchitos for most of a school year while we waited for Esperanza to be completed, and he never complained about how I did things, or the extra work involved. We continued our friendship way beyond that year, talking at least once a year on the phone in honor of our December birthdays. Thanks, Walt, for all you did for Sunnyside libraries, and for me in particular.
Eloisa Jaenicke
April 27, 2009
Uncle Walt was a magnificent person. He really cared for people and he made sure you knew that individually. He also imparted nuggets of truth about God. I have been a very fortunate person to have known him. He was my friend.
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