He is preceded in death by his daughter Amanda (McGarry)Crosthwaite, his father Michael McGarry and nephew Dustin Shannon.
Ted is survived by his mother Patricia McGarry, his wife of 32 years Brenda McGarry, daughter Monica McGarry, step-son Joshua Thompson, grandchildren Donald Crosthwaite IV, Elaina and Evelyn Thompson, and Rebecca Crosthwaite, siblings Tim, Michael 'Syd', Christopher 'Rudy', and Andrew(Yavonne)McGarry, Diane Shannon, Jackie(Carl)Madison, Missy(Dan)McClure, twenty-one nieces and nephews and twenty-seven great-nieces and nephews, many friends and his faithful companion Zeke the dog.