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Theodore William Pshigoda © Alva Review-Courier 01-13-2015 Submitted by: Glenn
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Ted was born on July 1, 1935 to John and Mary (Schaefer) Pshigoda in Shattuck, Oklahoma, the sixth of seven children and passed on Sunday, January 11, 2015 at the age of 79 to be with his Lord and Savior.
Ted grew up in Alva, Oklahoma, on a farm north of town and attended the Alva Public Schools. He joined the United States Army in 1955 and served until 1963. During this time, he was stationed in Germany for two years. After his service in the army, Ted returned to Alva and worked as a custom wheat cutter hand for his mother, Mary, and stepdad, Clarence Ginder. He also worked for the Leslies and many others.
Ted met the love of his life and married Marie Leatherman Hansen on October 5, 1972. They settled in Cherokee, Oklahoma, and were married for 40 years until Marie’s death on May 14, 2013. Ted worked for Caruthers Construction for several years and the City of Cherokee. From August, 2009, until the present, he worked for the Alva Review-Courier and Newsgram, where he rolled papers at night and delivered to Cherokee and the surrounding towns of Freedom and Waynoka. Ted developed many friendships delivering the papers. Ted was known to share whatever he had. He would cook up batches of homemade soup and other dishes and deliver them to several people in his hometown. Ted will be missed by many, as he was always the life of a party, workplace, or family gathering. Both Ted and Marie were members of the First Christian Church in Cherokee.
Ted is preceded in death by his parents, John Pshigoda, Mary Pshigoda Ginder and stepdad, Clarence Ginder, his loving wife, Marie, a sister, Esther Colborn Balding, and a brother, Danial Pshigoda.
Those he left behind are sisters, Frieda Meyer Graves of Alva, Ofilia Cleveland of Stockton, California, Mary Driskill Smith of Edmond, a brother, Marvin Pshigoda of Alva, and a brother-in-law Doug Balding of Lake City, Kansas, many nieces, nephews, and cousins that he loved and adopted, three step-children, James (Kristina) Hansen of Castle Rock, Colorado, Lois (Gene) Lyon of Bethany, Oklahoma, and Steve (Violet) Hansen of Alva, other family and friends.
A memorial service will be held at The First Christian Church in Cherokee, Oklahoma, on Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 2 p.m. Ted asked that his ashes be laid to rest next to his wife, Marie, in the Auburn Cemetery in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The First Christian Church, 214 E. Second Street, Cherokee, OK 73728, the Cherokee or Alva Police Departments through the Goodwin-Wharton
Funeral Chapel, 1302 Oklahoma Boulevard, Alva, OK, 73717. Condolences may be sent on-line to whartonfuneralchapel.com
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