VoyForums

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 03:00am [ VoyUser Login optional ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 ]

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: Fri. Jul 27, 2007 7:56 am
Author: Appreciative student of Walt's
Subject: Walt Landgraf dies

Walt's funeral for family and close friends will be at 10AM Wednesday at the Pleasant Valley Methodist Church, but
calling hours will be Tuesday July 31 from 7 to 9pm. A public memorial service will be at 10AM on Saturday, Aug.4 at Regional 7 HS auditorium. Donations go to the Barkhamsted Historical Society.
There is an on-line guest book at www.montano-shea.com

Former Teacher Dies At 66
Made Science Fun For His Students
By FULVIO CATIVO | Courant Staff Writer

BARKHAMSTED - Community members are mourning this week after Walter
Landgraf, a popular retired teacher, historian, lecturer and champion
of the environment, died Monday of a heart attack.

"He was tireless," said Ted Bachman, who knew Landgraf for about 40 years.

Bachman, finance chairman for the Barkhamsted Historical Society,
moved to town in 1967. Not long after that, he met Landgraf - a
respected biology teacher and historian known for informing town
residents about Barkhamsted's history.

Landgraf was traveling in Nova Scotia with his wife to attend a
musical festival when he died, friends said. He was 66.

"This is such a shock because Walter was the last person anybody
thought this might happen to," said Bachman.

For more than 30 years, Landgraf was a biology teacher at Northwestern
Regional School District No. 7's high school. Friends and colleagues
said Landgraf made science exciting for his students, passing along
his zeal for nature and curiosity about his town and environment.

Shirley Coffin, a friend of Landgraf's and vice president of the
town's historical society, said Landgraf taught her children in high
school more than 25 years ago. She said Landgraf will be remembered as
an "influential" and "likeable" member of the town's community.

Landgraf was instrumental in the restoration of Squires Tavern, a
local historical landmark dating back to the 1700s, and also in
reopening the Stone Museum in Peoples State Forest in 1993. The forest
would become the site of many of his lectures, hikes and programs
organized to teach others about nature. Several years back, a trail in
the forest was named after him. Landgraf was also an integral part of
the restoration efforts of Beckley Furnace in Canaan, a landmark of
the Northwest corner's industrial roots.

A funeral will be held Wednesday.

A public memorial service will be held Aug. 4 at 10 a.m. in the
auditorium of Northwestern Regional high school in Winsted.

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

[ VoyUser Login ] Not required to post.
Post a public reply to this message | Go post a new public message
 * Notice: Posting problems? [ Click here ]
 * HTML allowed in marked fields.
* Message subject (required):

Name (required):

  Expression (Optional mood/title along with your name) Examples: (happy, sad, The Joyful, etc.) help)

  E-mail address (optional):

* Type your message here:

Choose Message Icon: [ View Emoticons ]

Notice: Copies of your message may remain on this and other systems on internet. Please be respectful.

[ Contact Forum Admin ]

Forum timezone: GMT-5
VF Version: 2.94, ConfDB:
Before posting please read our privacy policy.
VoyForums(tm) is a Free Service from Voyager Info-Systems.
Copyright © 1998-2008 Voyager Info-Systems. All Rights Reserved.