Erdmute Waldhauer

[Craig Walker]

Hello Everyone,

It is with great sorrow that I write to tell you that Erdmute 
Waldhauer, our retired long-time Administrative Assistant in the 
Department of Drama, died on Saturday, 2 June, after struggling with 
ill health for some time.

Erdmute Waldhauer was born in Muellrose, Germany, immigrating to 
Canada in 1956.  She first came to Kingston and joined the Department 
of Drama in 1965, and she continued here for the next three decades, 
earning her B.A. along the way in 1976.  Erdmute will be remembered 
by all those who were associated in any capacity with Queen's Drama 
during her long period of service as the indispensable, cheerful and 
efficient repository of all essential facts to do with the Department 
of Drama.  Indeed, she literally wrote the history of the Department 
in her book Drama at Queen's From its Beginning to 1991 (edited by 
Richard Plant and Therese Greenwood).  She also published several 
articles on the history of theatre in the Kingston area, as well a 
history of the Grand Theatre to celebrate its centenary in 1979. 
Erdmute's long and devoted service to the Department of Drama was 
recognized by Queen's University with a Staff Award in 1991 and a 
Distinguished Service Award in 1995.

Aside from being a loyal and highly competent employee of the 
Department of Drama, Erdmute was also a fierce lifelong partisan of 
theatre in general.  Many will remember hearing her speak of seeing, 
in her youth, the work of Bertolt Brecht and Helene Weigel with the 
Berliner Ensemble; and after her retirement, she remained a 
well-informed critic and supporter of local theatre, who could always 
be counted upon to offer, when asked, a modest but insightful and 
penetrating opinion of virtually any show that was playing locally.

A memorial service will be held in Convocation Hall Theatre in 
Theological Hall at Queen's University on Saturday June 16 at 11:00 am

Yours sincerely,

Craig S. Walker
Acting Head, Department of Drama
Professor, Departments of Drama and English
Queen's University
Kingston, ON
K7L 3N6

613-533-6000 ext 75292
fax: 613-533-6268
www.queensu.ca/drama

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