Obit: Gay, Ted Frank (1916 - 2017)

Transcriber: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surname: Gay

----Source: The Owen-Withee Enterprise (Owen, WI) 7/31/2017

Gay, Ted Frank (28 OCT 1916 - 27 JUL 2017)

Ted Frank Gay, 82, of Norwood, Massachusetts passed away on Thursday, July 27, 2017.
Born in Withee, Wisconsin on August 28, 1934 - the same birth day as his father - Ted was the third son of what would become a family of three boys and two girls.

After growing up and working on his family's dairy farm, Ted went on to attend college at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, where he majored in Spanish. Ted then joined the US Army as a Machine Accounting Specialist, where he was stationed in New York and Germany, and received commendation for his rifle marksmanship. While still enlisted, he would lose his left arm, but spent much of his subsequent years surprising dozens of skeptical competitors in halls and bars across America as he'd beat them on the pool table with just his right (and non dominant) arm.

After his honorable discharge from the Army, Ted spent a few years living in Monterrey, Mexico, where his love for Mexican food, culture, and Spanish literature grew fervently. He finally settled on the east coast, spending the majority of his remaining years in New England.

He considered his greatest accomplishment in life to be raising his three daughters, all of whom went on to earn graduate degrees, and are in fulfilling careers in speech pathology, law, and social impact consulting, dedicated to advocacy, helping disenfranchised teens, and assisting underserved populations. A lover of both music and education, Ted spent much of his life attending concerts with and the performances of his three daughters and granddaughters.

Donations can be made in his memory to the Save the Music Foundation at vh1savethemusic.org. A local memorial service will be held in the Gillooly Funeral Home, 126 Walpole Street, Norwood, Massachusetts on Saturday, August 5, 2017 at 11:00 in the morning, followed by a small family gathering in Wisconsin later this month.

Gillooly Funeral Home