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Wayne WaldronPassing: August 17, 2018

Service:

Chastain Funeral Home

Service of Remembrance

Monday, August 20th @ 2:00 pm

Visitation:

Chastain Funeral Home

Cemetery:

Mitchell Cemetery

Monday, August 20th

Wayne Waldron, the internationally recognized Brown County artist and Bedford native, passed away at his Mitchell residence, Friday, August 17, 2018. Born February 9, 1937, he is the son of the late Merle and Lois Waldron of Bedford.

He is survived by his wife, the artist, Peggy Waldron; daughters, Laura Vogler (Richard), and Jamie Waldron; sister, Kay Goldberg (Louis) of Dallas, Texas; and grandson, Logan Vogler.

Waldron is a veteran of the US Air Force, and began his art career upon discharge.

An elected Life Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, he ranks among the most honored fine artists of the Midwest. His work has received numerous major awards in exhibitions across the U.S. and around the world – South Africa, Australia, London, Moscow.

Services will be held at the Chastain Funeral Home Chapel in Mitchell at 2:00 p.m., Monday, August 20.  Military honors will be presented by the US Air Force and American Legion.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Brown County Community Foundation’s Wayne Waldron Fine Art Scholarship Endowment Fund, P.O. Box 191, Nashville, Indiana 47448.

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7 Guest Comments

  1. Guest: William Greenberg | Winter Springs Fl
    Date: April 2, 2021
    My wife and I met Mr. Waldron at the Winter Park Art Festival in the late 1970s or early 1980s. Coincidentally, they had both worked at Burdines, in Florida. We have numbered prints of Grandma's Quilt, Jamie's Friend, Country Kitchen and Claude and Betty, as well as of couple or small originals. We always looked forward to chatting with him on our visits to the Winter Park Festival and the Disney Festival of the Masters. I was looking at Grandma's quilt this morning, and just decided to check online to see what he was up to. It was not until then that we learned of his his passing a few years ago. His loved ones are fortunate to have, in his artwork, so many spectacular remembrances of his talent. Condolences to his family. Bill Greenberg
  2. Guest: Bill Greenberg | Winter Springs Fl
    Date: April 2, 2021
    We bought Grandmas Quilt and Jamie’s Friend in the late 70s or early 80s at the Winter Park show. I just now read of his passing. Condolences to his family. Bill Greenberg
  3. Guest: Meg Richardson | Mentone, AL
    Date: November 18, 2018
    I am sorry to hear of your loss. A dear friend recently gave me one of Wayne's prints framed and I love it. Peace to you during this difficult time. Meg
  4. Guest: Peggy and Jim Brown | Nashville, IN
    Date: October 2, 2018
    Dear Peggy: We were so sorry to hear that Wayne passed away. Did not know because there was nothing printed in the Brown County Democrat. We did not know you had moved to Mitchell. We do hope you are well. We joyed knowing Wayne and sharing art fair days with you both. Love, Peggy and Jim Brown
  5. Guest: Deborah Vogler | Cottonwood, AZ
    Date: August 24, 2018
    It was a great pleasure to know Laura”s father. It is an honor to have some of his life”s work hanging on the walls of my parents home. Thank you for all of your accomplishments in life. Deborah Vogler
  6. Guest: Kitty Bottorff Forsythe | Corydon, In 47112
    Date: August 23, 2018
    Wayne, or Roland as we knew him, was in the band at Charlestown, Indiana with me in the early to mid-fifties. He was always a great person to be around and we shared many good times while on band trips. I've only seen him once since then, at his shop in Nashville, and he was the same nice person that I remembered.
  7. Guest: Clyde Parrott | Columbus, Indiana
    Date: August 22, 2018
    I grew up in junior high with Wayne, whom we knew as Roland, his first name, in Charlestown, Indiana. Sat beside him in band, where he played euphonium. Many fond memories from those bygone days! The Maker of us all has taken unto Himself a good man and a marvelous artist. Rest in peace, old friend.

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