Theodore Roosevelt Freeman III

Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt Freeman, III, passed away in a St. Louis Hospital on March 28, 2024. He was born April 21st, 1950 in Asheville, North Carolina, the only son of Theodore R. Freeman, Jr and Marilyn R. Forbes. Months after Ted’s birth, his father was reactivated during the Korean War Conflict and the family relocated to San Antonio, Texas. In 1957, Ted’s family became lifetime members of the Capitol Rod and Gun Club on Lake Travis out of Austin, Texas. Also in his early years, he was a member of The Boy Scouts of America with the St. John’s Lutheran Church troupe in San Antonio, Texas. He was a 1968 graduate of Highlands High School in San Antonio, Texas, where he was a member of the National Honor Society throughout his school years.

Ted proudly served in the United States Army as a Military Policeman from 1969-1972, stationed on the DMZ in Korea. Upon his honorable discharge from the military, Ted attended International Bible College (IBC) in San Antonio, Texas and after two years, transferred to the Melodyland School of Theology in Anaheim, California. He would use his theological training by counseling youth and married couples in the churches he attended. With a career in sales, Ted first worked for Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) as an automotive industry sales division representative first in Livermore, CA and then Dallas.

The end of his career was spent in office equipment sales. Ted was an early adopter for computer gaming and bestowed the love of his hobbies onto his children. He was an avid singer and recorded many covers of eras past on SingSnap and other singing platforms. In later years, Ted discovered a new passion in writing and spent many hours blogging. In 2011, he self-published a novel, Summer of the Samuri, A Journey to Faith (KindleUnlimited) and was working on other story ideas upon his passing. Ted was a lover of all things John Wayne and frequented western cinema and novels. Above all, Ted was human and all that it entails. He was preceded in death by his father, Theodore R. Freeman, Jr. He is survived by his mother, Marilyn and his sister, Sheila Freeman-Tobin, husband Phillip Tobin (Bandera, Texas); daughters, Melissa Freeman (TX), Kelly Freeman (TX), Cheyenne Freeman (WA), and sons: Michael (Kristen) Freeman (TX), and Hunter (Samantha) Freeman (TN). Ted is also survived by five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.