Theodore Russell O'Connor

Funeral services with full military honors for LTC (Ret) Theodore Russell O’Connor, 51, of Copperas Cove will be 11:30 a.m. Friday, July 23, 2010 at Crawford-Bowers Funeral Chapel of Copperas Cove. Rev. Dallas Maham of the First Presbyterian Church of Copperas Cove will officiate. Burial will follow in the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen.

Mr. O’Connor passed away July 21, 2010, in a Temple Hospital.

Theodore Russell O’Connor was born April 24, 1959 in Ft. Knox, Kentucky to Theodore E. and Sandra (Couch) O’Connor. He graduated from Texas Tech University and received a Masters from Tarleton State University. Mr. O’Connor was an assistant Cub and Boy Scout Leader and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Copperas Cove. He has lived in this area for many years, serving in the US Army and was a member of VFW Post #3393 of Kempner. After retirement from the Army, he worked as a civil servant for Sims Contractors at Fort Hood.

Ted was preceded in death by his father.

Survivors include his wife, Terri O’Connor of Copperas Cove; a son, Christopher James O’Connor of Copperas Cove; two daughters, Charity Ann Green of Tennessee and Christina Lee Sawyer of Nolanville; a sister, Vanessa Clair Lopez of Austin, his mother, Sandra O’Connor of San Antonio and a grandson, Alexander John Green of Tennessee.

Memorials in his memory are encouraged to be made to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Central Texas Chapter, 9211 Waterford Centre Blvd, Ste 275, Austin, TX 78758, 512-491-6610.

A time of visitation will be Thursday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

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