Teddy Ray Myers Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

A Celebration of Life Service for Ted Myers, age 70, will be held on Tuesday, February 25 at 3:00 p.m. at the Pleasantville High School Event Center (Old Gym). Burial will follow in the Pleasantville Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Event Center. Memorials made to the family will be designated for a project in Ted’s memory. Mason Funeral Home is handling arrangements and online condolences may be left at BertrandFuneralHomes.com. Teddy Ray Myers was born August 7, 1943 in Des Moines, Iowa the son of Lester and Ida May (Hull) Myers. At the age of 7, Ted’s family moved to a farm in the Swan community. He attended elementary school in Swan and graduated from Pleasantville High School with the Class of 1961. He attended William Penn College and played football that fall. He decided he liked football more than college, so he left to pursue a job at the John Deere works in Ankeny. On August 10, 1963 he was united in marriage to Sue Carlson at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Pleasantville. The couple always made their home in Pleasantville, and through the years Ted worked his way up the John Deere ladder and retired from the experimental division with many patents in his name. He enjoyed his job at John Deere, and traveled all over the world. His true career, however, began at age 49, when he started coaching for the Pleasantville School District. Ted coached football, girl’s basketball and golf. He also umpired baseball and softball. Coaching was a true passion for Ted, and he was able to teach and positively influence hundreds of kids through the years. His greatest accomplishment was his family, and he dearly cherished his wife, daughters and grandchildren. He was a member of the Pleasant Masonic Lodge and the Pleasantville Country Club, which was better known as “Ted’s Office”. Ted passed away on Saturday, February 22, 2014, after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer, at the age of 70 years. He was preceded in death by his parents. Those left to honor his memory include his wife, Sue; his children and their families: Dana (Rich) Thomas, their children, Chelsea and Collin and Shannon (Brian) Harken, their children, Madison, Maclain and Mitchell all of Pleasantville and his siblings, Joan Parker of Carlisle and Tom Myers of Broken Arrow, OK, nieces and nephews and countless friends. Teddy Myers Celebration of Life Service Pleasantville High School Event Center – Pleasantville, Iowa Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. Danielle Bertrand, Celebrant Musical Selections “Grandpa Told Me So” - Kenny Chesney “When I get Where I'm Going” - Dolly Parton and Brad Paisley “One Pair of Hands” – Elvis Presley Casket Bearers Sheldon Card Jeff Cook Colton Furnal Scott Koerselman Trevor Miller Phil Ray Doug Thill Jared Thill Honorary Casket Bearers John Danks Tony Kauzlarich Tim Koerselman Dick Michaelis Richard Parker Loy (Sonny) Teter Loy Teter III Jim Thill Randy Thill Dan Thill Interment Pleasantville Cemetery – Pleasantville, Iowa Memorials made to the family will be designated for a project in Ted’s memory. The family invites relatives and friends to St. Paul’s United Methodist Church Hall for refreshments following the committal service.

Teddy Ray Myers

August 7, 1943 - February 22, 2014