Edward Nylander died in Colorado in April 1977.  Here is a newspaper report.

Steven Slosberg '69 wrote this remembrance.

Robert Goertz '69 wrote:  Reading Steve's remembrace of Ed brings back memories.  I wasn't close to Ed, but he and I were roommates during the summer of 1968, during Oberlin's summer program in Granada, Spain.  It was that summer that Ed and a young Dutch artist/student, VanHoyt Meassimer (spelling probably wrong), decided to become mendicants and wander through Europe.  I was included in at least some of their conversations.  They had monk's robes made, got sandals, and gave away most of their other possessions.  VanHoyt gave me a painting that he had begun as well as some of his sketches.  They are dark, like Goya's "Caprichos" or "Disasters of War."  I still have them; the sketches are in a small portfolio that VanHoyt made, sitting next to my desk where I am writing this. I have a vague memory of saying farewell to them as they left Granada: "Vayan con Díos."
 
(Karen Keserich Schapiro '69 contributed the photo in June 2024.  It shows Ed and VanHoyt leaving Granada for a pilgrimage to Santillana del Mar.)