he was assigned to the Navy's version of the B-24 bomber, the PB4Y-2. Ted participated in combat in the Pacific Theater, particularly out of Okinawa until the end of the war.
After the war in 1946, Ted married Ruth Bicknell of Yankton, SD. As one of the first married couples on campus, they attended Park College in Parkville, MO. After Park College, Ted was accepted into Northwestern School of Dentistry, graduating in May 1952. He and Ruth returned to Springfield, South Dakota, where they resided from 1952 until 2014, when they moved to Alta, Iowa, to live near their youngest daughter, Dr. Lisa Lindeman and her husband, Stan Rishoi.
Ted practiced dentistry in Springfield until he was 83 years old. He was active in the Springfield Congregational Church, teaching Sunday school for many years. He helped organize the Bon Homme Flyers in 1956, and continued to teach flying. His many interests included woodworking, music and playing with his children and grandchildren. Being with his family was his focus and the reason he settled in Springfield to raise his children. Ted and Ruth were married for seventy years, before Ruth preceded Ted in death in 2016.
Ted is survived by all his adult children David (Barbara), Eric (Jana), Gilbert (Gisela), Rebecca (Michael Wheeler), Lisa (Stan Rishoi), ten grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, and special nephew, Jim (Leann) Bicknell and his family.
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