Walter Clark Brandt

Walter Clark Brandt, age 92, of Chestertown, MD, died on September 28, 2013 at the Chester River Hospital Center. He was the son of the late Walter Henry and Mary Ellen (Marie) Clark Brandt. He was predeceased by his first wife, Ann Rouse Brandt (1981), two brothers, Joseph Edwin Brandt and Robert David Brandt, and his second wife, Frances Harris Dudderar Brandt. He is survived by his son, Stephen Clark Brandt of Pensacola, FL, and his former daughter-in-law, Julee Jambon Brandt of Pensacola, FL; two grandchildren, Judson Clark Brandt (Ella) and Anna Brandt Sizemore (Chris); four great-grandchildren, Judson Clark Brandt II, Charlotte Ann Brandt, Ellison McCall Sizemore and Mary Brandt Sizemore; four stepchildren, Dian Dudderar (Herb Hamilton) of Millington, MD, Raymond Albert Dudderar (Linda) of California, MD, Catherine Dudderar Duda (John) of Charlotte, NC, and Jody Ann Dudderar (Bernardo Valdes) of New York, NY; two stepgrandchildren, Kyle Dudderar and Heidi Dudderar; and dear friend and valued companion, Peggy Bagley, of Chestertown, MD. Walter Brandt was born in Washington, DC and grew up in Baltimore, MD. He graduated from All Saints Grade School in Forest Park near Baltimore, MD. He graduated from Calvert Hall College High School in 1939 where he played football and ice hockey. He graduated from Washington College in 1943 where he played football and was treasurer of his fraternity, Kappa Alpha. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army from 1943-1946 and was ranked First Lieutenant upon discharge. In 1946, he went to work with C & P Telephone Company. He had a Fourth Level Management Position in West Virginia and Washington, DC. After 35 years of service to the phone company, he retired and moved to Chestertown in 1983. He served on the Board of Visitors and Governors of Washington College and established the Ann Brandt Memorial Fund at the college. He volunteered at Chester River Hospital, was a member of the Rock Hall Yacht Club, the Chester River Yacht Club, and Sacred Heart Church. Walt enjoyed visiting his grandchildren in Florida. He also enjoyed the outdoors, hunting, fishing, golf, and entertaining at his home on the Chester River. Walt fondly recalled the friends of a lifetime—from his days at Washington College, his close colleagues during his early telephone company days in West Virginia, the families of “The Court” in Hyattsville, MD, and the many summers with these friends and their children at the Majestic Apartments in Ocean City, MD. A funeral service will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Chestertown on Wednesday October 2, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. Friends may call at Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home, 120 Speer Road, Chestertown, MD on Tuesday evening from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Ann Brandt Memorial Fund at Washington College in Chestertown or to the Gallagher Services for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities in Baltimore, MD. Interment will be held in Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens in Towson, MD.

Walter Clark Brandt

January 6, 1921 - September 28, 2013