Obituaries:  Walter Chalupuik, Sabine Parish       C-412
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 28, 1985
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Walter Chalupuik

  Walter Chalupuik, horticulturist at Hodges Gardens for a number
of years, died at his home in Foley, Ala., Feb. 26, according to
word received here.

  Chalupuik was chief horticulturist for the gardens for over 20
years. He went to work with the late A. J. Hodges, Sr., founder
of Hodges Gardens, during the seven years the gardens were under
construction, prior to opening them to the public in 1936. He
helped plan and select the colorful plantations that made Hodges
Gardens such a picturesque show place. Although the gardens have
changed through the years, his original pattern is still evident
in a great many areas.

  From 1956 until he retired in 1971, he wrote "Notes from a
Garden in the Forest", a column published in daily and weekly
newspapers in the five state area of Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma,
Arkansas, and Mississippi, including the Sabine Index. It was
also published in a number of gardening magazines, and "Hodges
Gardens Ma?", a picturesque quarterly, which became a keepsake.
He was highly respected nationwide for his "vast learning".

  He was a native of Poland, and a graduate of the University of
Krakow in Krakow. He came to the United States from England,
where he worked in such famous places as the Kew Gardens in
London.

  He served in the British Army in North Africa and Italy during
World War II.

  He is survived by his wife, Sheila of Foley.