Walter Oldendorf
Walter Oldendorf

Obituary of Walter P. Oldendorf

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February 23, 2010 Dr. Walter Powell Oldendorf age 72, of Valle Crucis, died Monday morning, February 22, 2010 at Johnson City Medical Center. Born in Evanston, Illinois May 31, 1937, he was a son of the late Walter M. Oldendorf and the late Dorothy Powell Oldendorf O�Donnell. Dr. Oldendorf received a BA in Political Science from Stanford University, and his PhD from Northwestern University. He taught in the Illinois public school system for fifteen years. He also taught at National College in Evanston, Berea College in Berea, Kentucky and at the NC Center for the Advancement of Teaching in Cullowhee. He was the Dean of Education at the University of Montana-Western and was currently serving as a Professor and Director of the Fifth Dimension After School Program at Appalachian State University. While at Montana-Western he received a Fulbright Grant to work with teachers in South Africa. He was a member of the Boone Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. Surviving are his wife; Dr. Sandra B. Oldendorf, four children; Dr. Ann L. Oldendorf and husband Doug Portz of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Walter J. Oldendorf and wife Debi of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Andrea B. Oldendorf of Nashville, Tennessee and Andrew B. Oldendorf of Bozeman, Montana, four grandchildren: Courtney and Madison Oldendorf and J. D. and Katie Portz, one brother; John Oldendorf and wife Yvette of Lake Elmo, Minnesota and his former wife; Sally Ann Degenhart of Illinois. Memorial services for Dr. Walter Powell Oldendorf will be conducted Friday afternoon at 4 o�clock at Austin & Barnes Funeral Home. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 3 o�clock until 4 o�clock at the funeral home. Flowers are accepted or memorials may be made to the Boone Unitarian Universalist Fellowship or to the Western Youth Network, 155 WYN Way, Boone, NC 28607 or on line at www.westernyouthnetwork.org. Online condolences may be sent to the Oldendorf family at austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com. Austin & Barnes Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the Oldendorf family.