David passed away January 8, 2009 after a long illness. Survived by mother, brother Gary [`67], sisters Barbara [`68] and Susan [`72]. David was living in Bowie Maryland at the time of his death.
Walter David Belshaw was one of those folks who never could quite get it in gear. He never seemed to get a lot of support back in school, and made a number of poor decisions. Nevertheless, he always seemed hopeful.
Early on at Camp Springs Elementary he was known as David Belshaw; later on in high school he preferred Wally - I think as something of an attempt to shed his former persona. After school he did a post-draft stint in the Army as a radioman in Germany. He always had a tough time of it.
I'll never forget when he came back from boot camp before going over to Germany. My gosh - he had muscles! We'd never seen Wally with muscles. He also learned to cuss (finally) and used a bad word in just about every half-sentence. Quite a change.
Michael Parvis
David passed away January 8, 2009 after a long illness. Survived by mother, brother Gary [`67], sisters Barbara [`68] and Susan [`72]. David was living in Bowie Maryland at the time of his death.
Christopher Cavas
Walter David Belshaw was one of those folks who never could quite get it in gear. He never seemed to get a lot of support back in school, and made a number of poor decisions. Nevertheless, he always seemed hopeful.
Early on at Camp Springs Elementary he was known as David Belshaw; later on in high school he preferred Wally - I think as something of an attempt to shed his former persona. After school he did a post-draft stint in the Army as a radioman in Germany. He always had a tough time of it.
I'll never forget when he came back from boot camp before going over to Germany. My gosh - he had muscles! We'd never seen Wally with muscles. He also learned to cuss (finally) and used a bad word in just about every half-sentence. Quite a change.
I knew Wally from first grade on. I miss him.