He will be missed....

Ted passed away this evening

 and its with a heavy heart

I share this with you.

I met Ted 18 years ago

 It was the

first year my parents bought the Lodge

and he guided for us but

 we fired him

 and he left in a huff.

Two years went by and he called us up and

apologized.

His wife Judy had died

and he worked on and off for us till 2 years ago.

Ted was one of those sweet old farts..

a lot of times he would be on shore with  my Mom the kids and me

and one day we were trying to get my kids

 and my nieces and nephews

 to go weed in the garden.

well they came in and asked what the pay was going to be

 and Ted said I better go out and oversee this.

My Mom and I went out to check Ted and Mimi

were sitting on a log and they were all working

and when they were done he said

 now your pay is the bed you get to sleep in tonight.

Ted had Diabetes and a bad heart.

and when he called to say goodbye to all of us

I never thought that it would really be the last..

He said if I make it out of this hospital I'm coming up for a month.

I teased him I was going to send a hot babe over to the hospital to visit him.

He had been in the hospital for 2 months

and yesterday he lost his eyesight.

Poor Ted ,his daughter said he had suffered so

terribly ,so I know he's in a better place.

He was 75