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On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Dr. Lisa Earle wrote:

Dear Ariane:

I wish I could be with you on Saturday at the gathering to memorialize Walter...If you think it is proper, do read my little eulogy to his friends and give them all, especially his beloved "English Club" people, my love and hugs...

All my Love ,
Lisa

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A Farewell to my beloved Cousin, Walter!

He was really more than a Cousin, he was more a brother to me, who gave me love, strength, advice, support, when I most needed it in my own turbulent life..

Our families shared the same living quarters because of the situation then in Vienna, our place of birth. In the depression era, there was an unbelievable shortness of homes or apartments, so we doubled up....Although he was 5 years younger than I, we became "buddies" and shared so many activities, playing chess, cards, outings into nearby parks etc.etc. He was always so mature for his age and even as practically a little toddler, he was "fun" to talk to....

He left an imprint on every life he touched...especially as a teacher, for so many young people in his professional life as a headmaster for a huge High school in Norwich! Tremendously enamored of the arts, music, the theater, he went all out to instill in his flock the Love for cultural activities,his Choir, whom he took to other parts of Europe to delight the music lovers with young English voices.

He was basically a quiet, gentle man, who only spoke up, when it really mattered (and very strong and powerfully, then) - I believe, he hated "small talk", except with his beloved English Club, which he initiated, when he returned to his native Austria, after his first wife passed away.

He loved LIFE and clung to it till his bitter end - he is now in a better world, a place without pain and suffering, a place, where we will all travel to, sooner or later and then I hope, we will all be able to enjoy again his remarkable presence and be re-united with this so special, unique man, who has left us with a certain emptiness in our daily life . He truly left his mark in the world, the here and know!

And he will live on in our hearts and memories, forever!

Good Night, Sweet Prince....and may a host of Angels lay thee to thy rest (Thanks, Shakespeare, for your proper words of Farewell!)

Your Cousin, Sister, Friend, Lisa