Bridge StaffWalter Stewart Liggett Jr. was born in Abington, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 27, 1940. On Aug. 22, 2026, he died surrounded by his three daughters Diane, Beverly, and Sarah. Walter grew up in Malverne, New York, and led a life of academia and curiosity. In 1962, he married the love of his life, Lois, sharing a blessed life for 63 years. She died in 2025. He is predeceased by his brother George and mother Clara and father Walter Liggett Sr. He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, with a doctorate in statistics in 1964. He was a champion of helping immigrants, donating from his garden to food pantries, assisting on financial boards, and encouraging the young to further their education.
He lived in Rhode Island, Tennessee, Maryland, and Vermont with a career in statistical research projects. Some of his travel highlights included trips to Africa and a year in Japan.
He is survived by his three daughters Diane (Brendan), Beverly (Walid), and Sarah (John); his grandchildren Julia (Joe), Elizabeth, MaryKate (Adam), John (Ellen), Matthew (Kelsey), Hana, Seema (Nabhan), Walid, Zakariya, Carly, and Connor; and great grandchildren James, Michael, Nicholas, Cecilia, Emma, Samuel, William, Noah, Tayley, and Lucy.
