Herrontown Woods received an extraordinary gift this fall, when John Tazelaar and Jeff Bergman came down the walkway to Veblen House carrying a very special and very heavy bench.
Designed and built by Jeff, the bench honors the
foundational volunteer work Kurt Tazelaar did in Herrontown Woods, beginning in 2013. Kurt died in August, 2023, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. It was heartening to hear at his memorial service that his last ten years, much of it spent working at Herrontown Woods, often with his wife Sally, were his best. He was an
original, talented and insightful in so many ways. Kurt believed in building trails using large stepping stones that will still be serviceable fifty years from now, and Jeff built this very sturdy bench with that ethic in mind.
Through this bench, the trails, and through our memories, Kurt's legacy at Herrontown Woods will live on.
