He was born on the 19th of November 1936 in Lafferty, Belmont County, Ohio to Ralph Chester and Sara Inez (Boughner) Pasco.
Ted attended elementary school in a one room country school with one teacher and eight grades. He later graduated from Smithfield High School in Smithfield, Ohio. In 1954, he attended college at the University of Maryland, two years at Central Texas College in Killeen, Texas, and two years at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Ted served in the U.S. Army for 20 years, retiring in July 1975 at Fort Hood, Texas. He was seriously wounded in action in Chu Lai, Vietnam on 22 February 1969 while serving with the 198th Light Infantry Brigade, 1st Battalion, 14th Field Artillery. Ted served four tours of duty in Korea; two tours in Vietnam; one tour in Italy; one in Japan; as well as a special assignment of three months in Thailand. Upon retirement, he twice worked for defense contractors in Germany. He was a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars; a life member of Disabled American Veterans; and a life member of the Veterans of America Division. He was a member of the Ohio Genealogical Society, Stark County Genealogical Society, and The Ohio Historical Society; and a member of Grace United Methodist Church.
During his military service, Ted was awarded the Purple Heart, two Army Commendation medals; six Good Conduct medals; the Korean Defense Service Ribbon; and the Vietnam Service Ribbon with six battle stars.
Ted loved history, and as a result, he was actively involved in genealogy, researching his family back to England into the 1500s. Politically, Ted was strongly Republican. He described himself as an ultraconservative patriotic American.
Before moving to North Canton in 2011, Ted and his family lived in San Antonio, Texas for 53 years, and to say he loved Texas would be a gross understatement.
Ted loved watching football and basketball. He was an avid fan of the Dallas Cowboys, the San Antonio Spurs, Ohio State, The University of Texas; and was a lifelong fan of the Cleveland Indians. As a boy, Ted played baseball, and the older he got, the better he played. In addition to genealogy, his hobbies included camping, fishing, and telling tall tales.
He was preceded in death by his mother in 1982; his father in 1986; his brother, Elias Boyd Pasco in 2003; his brother, Ralph Carmen Pasco in 2013; his wife of 28 years, Lenora May (Stern) (Dingey) in 2015.
He is survived by his loving wife, Karlene Ann (Hoehn) (Beitzel); daughter, Chieko Hernandez (Aleck) of Burtonsville, Maryland; daughter, Sarah C. Power (Marcus) of Kyle, Texas; and daughter, Cathleen T. Dunn (Robert) of San Antonio, Texas; step-son, Michael Dingey (Raelene) of Strasburg, Ohio; step-daughter, Cathleen Richards of Beach City, Ohio; seven grandchildren; and twelve great-grandchildren. Also surviving are step-sons, Karl Beitzel and James Beitzel of Canton, Ohio; and step-daughters, Cynthia Brower of Canton, Ohio, and Nancy Beitzel Sterling of Kimbolton, Ohio.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00am on Thursday, June 3, 2021 in the Karlo-Libby Funeral Home. Burial with military honors will follow at 1:30pm at Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery. Friends may call on Wednesday from 6-8pm at the funeral home.
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