Birth date: Jun 30, 1943 Death date: Apr 15, 2018
Ted Ellis McDaniel In Loving Memory Born June 30, 1943 in Alameda, California to Frank and Betty Jean Adin McDaniel. Passed peaceful on April 15, 2018, after a courageous battle with cancer. Married Nea Jean Tanner on October 20, Read Obituary
What can I say about all the good times we had we had with Ted and you. Watching our babies grow up and life change. You guys were so so much fun to be with. Ted had such an off beat sense of humor sometimes but he could make you laugh when things seemed down. Watching him build his t bucket was also fun. Ted’s dream car project. So many memory’s! Rest In Peace Ted. So sorry Nea Jean. Love the Gee family.
I wanted to add that i’m sorry we won’t be able to make it to the funeral. We’ll be in Idaho visiting our son and his family.
I would have loved to be there with you and your family! Linda Walker
Nea Jean-I again want to express my condolences on Ted’s passing. You took such good care of him through his illness. I really admired you for that! His passing certainly brings back memories from nearly 50 years ago when we were young and crazy college kids and all the fun times we had together with ‘the boys’. It was so neat to be able to come up and visit you both last August, I think. Time goes by so fast! I’m so glad you called me and we arranged to visit! Let’s keep in
touch..you and Ted have a special place in
my heart!
Love you!
Linda walker
I loved to sit and talk to Ted about politics and world events. We had many fun and exciting discussions. Loved being his and NeaJean's home teacher. Love you both very much. Russ Dierenfeldt
I remember meeting ted when I was 7 years old he always had that scruffy beard it seemed and he always had a big bear hug for me. I was impressed with how he painted his pictures. He did them with dots I had never seen that done in my life and it was so beautiful I wish I would of asked him for one of his beautiful dot pictures.
I have to laugh at when he built his car in his basement that was so darn funny because he then had to take it all apart and put it together outside. I loved babysitting for my nephews they were always well behaved. And when each one was born I would go and stay with Nea Jean to help her with the other boys for a few weeks Nea Jean always had fun activities for me to do like making a lady out of light bulb and one year I made a friend and we used chalk and made us a house outside it was always so much fun going to Nea Jeans and Teds house it gave me a break from home and I just loved going there. One year I was there when we received a very bad phone call that Ally had been burned severely bad when a can of honey he was heating up blew up in his face and the burns were really bad I remember Ted telling me everything will be ok and that Ally would be ok because we had faith that he would be. and I went home to the hospital to see ally and you couldn't recognize him his face was as wide as a football and just so painful to look at but in the end Ted was right the only place that the burn left a scar was at the top right for head. Thru Prayer and our faith it worked things always seem to work out with faith and Prayer. One year when I was a teen I was having a real hard time and Ted took me aside and we went for a walk and had a long talk about what was going on with me and what I could do to make things better he had a lot of very good advice and I thought it was so wonderful that my brother-in-law took the time to talk to me about what was going on in my life and how he could help me so things would not be so bad. Ted I will miss you so very much you were such a wonderful man, father, husband, friend, brother-in-law and any other word that could describe a man. I will miss our talks I will miss our walks I will miss riding in your car wow was that car ever awesome I'm so glad I got pictures of me in it and I will miss your hilarity you were always so funny I always remember how much you made me laugh I will always LOVE you
