honor his memory include his wife Dorothy; daughter, Jean (Jim) Walker; grandchildren, Angela Renee Aalbers of Craig, CO, Lauree Beth (Frank) Brown of Savannah, IL, Michael Theodore (Leah) Wilson and their children, Caleb, Burton, Megan, Anne, and Colton Theodore, David Matthew (Alicia) Wilson and their son Gage all of Prairie City; step grandchildren, Mary Ellen (Troy) Draeger and their children, Dalton and Mallory of Webster City, John Henderson (Kari) Walker and their children, Payton and Finley and Beth Kristine (Todd) McFall all of Des Moines as well as many other extended family. Preceding Ted in death were his parents, a daughter, Carolyn Ruth Gabelmann and siblings, Anna Ruth Steenhoek, Alma Van Zee, and an infant brother, John.