Former Kidder Township supervisor Larry Polansky passed away on Feb. 13 at 86.

Late last year Larry Polansky stepped down as a supervisor in Kidder Township due to illness. Polansky was known for his bright mind and swift wit and will always be remembered as someone who treated others with respect.

“I didn’t always agree with Larry,” said Kidder Township Chairman Thomas Bradley. “Sometimes you would have a disagreement, but it was on a subject, never with the person.”

Township secretary Suzanne Brooks knew Polansky for six years.

“Larry taught me so much about municipal government,” Brooks said. “He was always there to listen if you had a problem and offer a solution. He was like a second dad to me.”

Brooks added that Polansky would often stop by the township building just to see if there was anything he could do to help out with.

“He will be missed. I will miss him,” she added. “I had the utmost respect for him.”

In 2014 Kidder Township Manager Lisa Klem nominated Polansky for the PSATS President’s Leadership Award.

“Mr. Polansky is such an inspiration to all of the employees at Kidder Township. His education and knowledge that he has shared with me is priceless and I will carry with me throughout my career in local government,” Klem wrote. “I have so much respect and admiration for him and the example that he instills upon all of us at Kidder Township.”

Polansky was a Korean War veteran, an accountant and computer technology professional as well as an attorney. He worked for the City of Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and as an executive officer for the District of Columbia Court System. His career took him to many places, including to Russia in the 1990s, where he helped to set up the first jury trial system there.

After such an illustrious life, Kidder Township was lucky that Polansky and his late wife Eunice chose Lake Harmony to settle down in. As Brooks said, “He will be missed.”