Bro-in-law was a piece of work.

Frist met him in the 1967 or so when I married his big sister.  He was the skinny kid in the back row of my groomsmen.

A couple of years later, after he did the Army OCS thing but was smarter than I was and did Signal Corps, not INFANTRY as I did, he journeyed to Washington and ML and I rode back to Golden in the tiny yellow VW Bug.  A trip of fear and TERROR, last car past the closure of the interstae west if Cheyanne, floating across a snow drift south of Cheyenne, driving NONSTOP from western Washington to Golden.  This taught me to NEVER take a long trip in the car with TED - HE NEVER STOPPED EXCEPT FOR GAS!

Later, having dinner in his new house on Ford Street in Golden that I lived in the basement of during my 1st tenure at Colorado Mines.

Duck hunting on the Platte River and when we actually killed a duck, him stripping down to retrieve the floating deader on the river.  Later cleaning these ducks on Ford Street and discovering they had been eating dead fish maggots from the river;  Pitched the ducks and never have eaten duck meat since.  Yuuuch.

Great memories that thinned out when ML and I left Golden, and even later when Ted moved to Phoenix.  Not as much contact in the later years, but truly a bro-in-law to remember.

A dinner in Long Beach, CA after a Sara softball game when she first ate lobster, live from the tank - and Ted and I made squealing lobster noises as they boiled the live lobsters.

All in all, a man and a brother-in law to be missed.  Ted you brightened my life.

Frank Hamisch 

Helen, Sara, Tyrel, Wendy and Theodore -
Ted was a wonderful brother - he was warm, caring and considerate and so so very happy to have you all as his family.  He loved each of you deeply.

He was a man with a mind of his own, but was comfortable in his own skin - I'm sure he had regrets for some things he did not get done, but pleae try to remember all the positive things he did for each of you.  He lived his life the way he wanted and it just ended a bit too soon.  He would not have liked being ill or having to slow down.

I will miss him deeply as well and especially miss my annual birthday phone call.  He woould have done anything for us, as he did so many things for each of you.

God will hold all of you in his loving hands, HE will watch over you in the difficult days ahead and Ted will be right there beside HIM.  Both ready to "coach" you through the rest of your lives.  LISTEN CLOSELY.

Love your memories,
Love your futures and
Love my brother always.

God's peace be with you and,
Love always,
Mary Lee