Theodore R. Walser Of Water Mill Dies September 13 - 27 East

Theodore R. Walser Of Water Mill Dies September 13

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author on Sep 15, 2015

Theodore R. Walser of Water Mill died on September 13. He was 80 and the cause of death was cancer.

Mr. Walser spent his childhood in New Canaan, Connecticut, attended the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey and was a 1957 graduate of Yale University. He began a career as a banker at Chemical Bank and went on to become senior vice president of corporate banking for Lloyd’s Bank. In his retirement, he served as an executive interviewer for Greenwich Associates.

Mr. Walser was well-loved in the banking community, where his associates remember him as a consummate professional, as well as a kind and generous man who was popular with everyone, survivors said. In his personal life, his greatest pleasures were enjoying the beach, traveling with his wife, Sandra, and spending time with his children and grandchildren.

He is survived by his wife of 25 years, Sandra; a sister, Jeanne Burdell of Oregon; and four children, Julia Allan of Massachusetts, Elizabeth Gassimi of Mexico, James Walser of Washington State, and Kenneth Walser of Florida. He is also survived by grandchildren Rily, Jackson, Katy, Madeleine, Amanda and Caroline. He was predeceased by a brother, Mackenzie Walser, and a sister, Mary Brady.

A memorial service will be held on Thursday, September 17, at 11 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Southampton. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Brockett Funeral Home in Southampton.

Memorial donations may be made to Doctors Without Borders, 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001.

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