Happy birthday papa, I love you and miss you. Hope you have a good day.

Love Elijah

Happy Heavenly Birthday Dad. I miss you still everyday and the pain never lessens. Caleb will graduate in a couple.months from high school headed to scc to be an artichoke at the school you taught at! and Elijah starts high school next school year. I am.........hanging on. You were rock, my go to, my home-base. You got me through the hardest time.of.my life...I love you forever, I'll like you for always , as long as I'm living my daddy you'll be.
Happy Birthday!!!! 
Caleb and Elijah miss and love you so much!
Words can't describe the hole in my heart caused when you left. 
I love you, I miss you Happy Birthday.
Megan

Hi Ted,
Well another year has past since you left us. I know you would rather be here with your family, but your illness became too great a burden to bear. We all think of you often and wish you were here to share all of the joy and happiness your family is experiencing.

Remembering you on your birthday, and the impact you have made on so many others. Your sister, children, and grandchildren keep your memory alive and are your legacy.

Remembering you on your birthday, and the impact you have made on so many others. Your sister, children, and grandchildren keep your memory alive and are your legacy.

Hi Ted,
 Still miss you everyday. There are questions I have that only you could answer. I have lost that connection to our past together. Hard to believe it has been 4 years already. It still feels so fresh.
 Your family has continued to grow. Katie had a second little girl. I know you would have loved spending time with her. As Megan stated, the boys are doing great! Caleb is actually going to graduate this year! I still remember him when he was peeking under the bathroom door trying to find you. Kelly has had another little boy, Jackson. So the family is not just growing up but growing larger.

4 years. Wow. The longest 4 years ever. Caleb went to prom. You would've been so proud. He's doing great in school. Elijah plays bass and is competing in CA this weekend and gets good grades and is a boyscout now, for 2 years. I wish you were here for this to see this and experience it with them and with me. I miss you so much! The boys miss you. You are forever missed and so unbelievably loved ❤❤❤❤❤

I can hardly believe it has been 4 years. Your family continues to grow and thrive, while you continue to be missed. Kathy keeps your memory alive recounting stories of your childhood together and maintaining contact with your children and grandchildren.

Happy Birthday Brother Dear! I hope you have found the treasure in the superstitions. I think of you often. Your family is doing well and growing!!

Happy birthday in heaven, Ted. I know you are looking down from there at your family with pride.

Happy Heavenly Birthday Dad! I love you so much and miss you every day! In your honor today I have saved enough money up to take the boys to a nice fancy restaurant just like u always did for us. We will dine in your name today. We love you! Megan and Caleb and Elijah

Hi Ted,
The boys have grown so much since you last saw them. Caleb has hair the same color that your's was! Elijah is now playing the Bass Viola. You have a new granddaughter as well as a new grandson! I know you would have been thrilled. Katie and Ernie's daughter is named Elora and Kelly and Ricky's new son is named Jackson. Megan and Michael are doing well. Your family is strong and successful in their lives. You have left behind a beautiful legacy.

Dad, I cannot believe it's been 3 years. Still feels like it was a month ago. I miss u everyday. We do everything we can to honor you and celebrate u by doing the things you loved in your honor. The boys miss you. It's not an assumption they actually tell me they miss papa. We will sit and talk about you and I reassure them we all have a special guardian angel now. I love you so very much dad and I look forward to the day we meet again. All my love.
Your Daughter,
Megan ❤❤

Happy Birthday dad. I cannot put into words how much you are missed. We love you so much. The boys and I miss you. ❤
Happy Heavenly Birthday. Please watch over Mikayla for me. I love you. ❤❤❤

Happy Birthday Ted!! Hope your travels in the Superstitions are peaceful.

Remembering Ted and his loved ones on his birthday.

You are not forgotten. Hoping that the pain of your passing has eased somewhat for your family, so that the fond memories can bring joy to those who love you.

Happy 74th birthday in heaven dad. The boys and I miss you so much. I love you and wish you a happy Birthday in heaven. Keep Mikayla safe for me until i get there. All my love.
Megan

Merry Christmas Ted. This was always your favorite holiday. At first it was what gifts Santa brought you and sleepless Christmas Eves. Later it was the joy of giving gifts to your children and grandchildren. You didn't have much, but what ever you had you would gladly give. Happy Trails in your travels through the Superstitions.

It's hard to believe it has been a year already since your passing. You are remembered as a man who loved his sister, children, and grandchildren with everything you had. You are missed and live on in their hearts and in the memories you made.

Dad,
I love you.
One year ago today I heard news that shattered my heart, there is a hole that will never go away where you belong. I still remember being at you apt a year ago and believing "this cant be real, I'm not ready to lose my dad, my kids love you so much and aren't ready". I am grateful for being able to see you just days before and Caleb, Elijah and I got to spend what we didn't know would be our last Easter with you. Easter will never be the same with out you. My heart physically hurts just writing this. I love you with my whole heart, and think of you daily and miss you so much. I thought it would be easier with time but it's not. I still hurt like the day you went to heaven. The only comfort I get is knowing Mikayla is being cared for by such a loving, caring, kind, and generous PaPa. I love you dad!!!!! You saved me from myself many times and I never got to truly thank u for that. I hope you hear me in heaven. I LOVE YOU DAD! 

Well Ted, it was one year ago today that I found that you had left my life forever. It was one of the worst days of my life and I continue to miss you everyday. To repeat a phrase I once read, "I shall miss loving you". You were all I had left of my family and the last who knew our history. You always gave the best gifts that always made me laugh and smile. May God hold you in the palm. of his hand.

Happy Birthday Brother! So sorry that you are not here to celebrate it with us.  I miss our conversations and sharing of our common history. My hope is that you are with Nana, Mom, Aunt Gert and Dad. You were one tough dude for sure. You made it through some difficult and trying times.

Dad,
You wouldve been 73 today, you always said you would never make it past 60ish, well you did! And i am eternally grateful you did!! Your grandsons are too, we all love you so much. Keep an eye out in heaven as we will be sending a special message up to you this afternoon. I hope you are smiling down on us and im doing my best to make you proud. And i know you will be in the next couple months, we have big changes coming! You would be so happy to see Caleb will be at saguaro next year and Elijah's last year at pima is next year. I miss you so much. Cant even delete you number out of my phone. I love you dad and am so appriciative that you made such an impact in my kids lives. They will remember and love you forever. Happy heavenly Birthday Dad. All my love,
Megan

I never had the opportunity to meet Ted face to face but feel I know him through the vivid and funny stories Kathy has shared over the years. The three things that ran through the many stories she shared with me was Ted's love for his children, love for his sister and the ability to find just the right gift to delight people. It was evident he listened when many thought he wasn't. He stored those nuggets up to be used for birthdays and special occasions to the delight of the recipient. He may not have shared how much he loved everyone but it was in the little things. All were well loved by their brother, father and grandfather.

I was able to meet Ted during the time he lived here in northern New York. He loved his sister, children, and grandchildren. I also remember how he loved his Cadillac. I know that love, care, and communication over recent years brought Ted and Kathy closer over shared memories and history. You came to understand each other better and were able to reminisce about your childhood. Even when he had little, he loved to be able to give gifts. He is a brother, father, and grandfather who will be missed.

We went through so many difficult times in our lives together. The illnesses and loss of both of our parents was a sorrow that we always silently carried. Through good times and bad, that bond was always there. Always wanting to provide the support that was lost too early in our lives. You made it through many, many disappointments and illnesses, I thought you could do this too. You are gone way too soon and I will miss you.