Hari Walner

Hari Walner, a long time Colorado artist and well known quilter, died

peacefully in the early morning of December 6, at the age of 79 in

Loveland. Born in 1940 in Chicago, Illinois to Alma and Paul Ramsey, the

family moved to Colorado in 1946. In 1958 Hari graduated from

Westminster High School in Westminster, Colorado, and subsequently

attended the American Academy of Art in Chicago where she received much of

her artist’s training.

Hari, whose birth name was Harriet, changed her name about 1960,

simplifying it to befit her artistic style and demeanor. She worked as a

graphic designer and illustrator in the Washington, D.C. area, for many

years before returning to Colorado in 1985. She married Gordon Snow on

July 20, 1991, and they moved to Loveland, Colorado, in 1998.

While she loved painting, Hari was best known in the quilting community

as a quilt artist as well as a writer and teacher. She traveled widely

on teaching invitations and was particularly well known as a designer of

Continuous-Line quilting patterns (2010) and as an expert in the

quilting style known as trapunto. Books she wrote of this style of

quilting include Exploring Machine Trapunto (1999) and Trapunto by

Machine (1996). She made samples in this technique for the Denver Art

Museum’s Textile Department.

Hari will be lovingly remembered for the breadth of her artistic

talents, for her humor, and for her love of friends and family, of music

and all things creative. She was revered and loved by her classmates

with whom she maintained many friendships throughout her life. She is

survived by her loving husband Gordon Snow, a son Ray Wallace aka

Murray Walner, stepson Ted (Kathy) Snow, and stepdaughter Kristy Pals.

She was a proud grandmother to Arie Tyler Pals, Molly Pals, Brittany Snow

and Madeline Snow. She is also survived by her brothers Paul Ramsey of Denver

and John Ramsey of San Diego, California. Another brother, Robert Ramsey,

died earlier this year.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to one of the following organizations, whom Hari and Gordy support:

SPLC - Southern Poverty Law Center

https://donate.splcenter.org/

Art Students League of Denver

https://asld.org/about/individual-giving/

Vintage Car Rally Association: Fighting Autism One Mile at a Time

http://www.vintagecarrally.com/