Walter Matherly

Walter was a Celebration Company member, and will be missed.
 
> It is with a heavy heart that we write to say that CCHCC's dear friend,
> Walter Matherly, died this past Sunday.
> 
> The obituary for Walter is below, with information about the memorial
> service. It will be held tomorrow, Friday, October 4 at 4 p.m. at the
> Unitarian Universalist Church, 309 W. Green St., Urbana.
> 
> All of us at Champaign County Health Care Consumers will miss Walter. For
> many years, Walter was an active member of the CCHCC Health Care Access
> Task Force -- he was a very enthusiastic champion for the cause of health
> care for all in our local community.
> 
> Walter loved a good protest, but was also energetic when participating in
> meetings and various CCHCC events. At our Annual Dinner this past April,
> you could hear Walter from the back of the room, cheering "Hear, hear!"
> when a speaker said something that Walter really liked.
> 
> Walter had such tremendous energy and presence, and such joie de vivre. He
> was a good man, with many talents and skills and a keen intelligence, and
> interest and curiosity.
> 
> His enthusiastic support and participation in CCHCC's work was always
> uplifting.
> 
> We will miss Walter very much, and we will continue to do the work that
> made him proud to be part of our organization.
> 
> Our condolences go to his wife, and our dear friend, Cope Cumpston, and
> Walter's family. Walter had a brilliant life, and we know that he will be
> deeply missed.
> 
> CCHCC is grateful for the family's request that memorial contributions be
> made to our organization.
> 
> We hope you will be able to join us in celebrating Walter's life at the
> memorial service tomorrow.
> 
> With deepest sympathies,
> Champaign County Health Care Consumers
> 
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> 
> 
> http://www.news-gazette.com/obituaries/2013-10-02/walter-matherly-jr.html
> 
> Walter Matherly Jr.
> 
> URBANA – Walter Jeffries Matherly Jr. died at home in Urbana on Sunday
> (Sept. 29, 2013).
> 
> A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, at the Unitarian
> Universalist Church, 309 W. Green St., Urbana.
> 
> Walter was born in 1930 in Gainesville, Fla., to Walter Jeffries Matherly
> and Enid Putnam Matherly. He had one sister, Eleanor Corbin.
> 
> Walter graduated from Gainesville High School, the University of Florida
> and Duke University. He served in the Korean War.
> 
> He married Mary Lou Kelly in 1954, and they have four sons, Jeff (Valerie
> Browne), Steven (Vicki Feigin), Robert (LiYung Kuan) and Michael (Tanya
> Beeren).
> 
> The family lived overseas in South Africa, Panama and Puerto Rico while
> Walter worked with the Borden Foods Co. When they returned to the United
> States, Walter worked at the Research Triangle Institute in Durham, N.C.,
> and for the Office of Management and Budget in Washington, D.C.
> 
> He moved to Boston, where he worked for Boston University and Harvard
> University, and most recently for the Woods Hole Research Center.
> 
> He married Copenhaver Cumpston in 1983; they have a daughter, Sarah.
> 
> The family moved to California in 1990, and to Urbana in 1996. There,
> after his career as a finance administrator, Walter retired to his true
> avocations of writing, translation, storytelling, calligraphy, history and
> community rabble-rousing. His friends regard Walter as a true original, a
> renaissance man with many enthusiasms.
> 
> He leaves his five children, wife Cope, seven grandchildren and three
> great-grandchildren.
> 
> Contributions can be made to Champaign County Health Care Consumers, 44 E.
> Main St., Suite 208, Champaign, IL 61820; www.healthcareconsumers.org.
> 
> Condolences and memories may be offered at www.rennerwikoffchapel.com. The
> family is collecting memories at http://dubbymatherly.blogspot.com.
> 
> 
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> 
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