Ted E. Condit

God called Ted E. Condit, age 84, of Grants Pass, home on Friday, September 14th 2012 at Three Rivers Medical Center. This chapter is closed for the new chapter to be opened in Heaven.

Services to celebrate Ted’s life will be at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, September 20, 2012 at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Be The Match Foundation, 3001 Broadway Street NE, Ste. 601, Minneapolis, MN 55413.

Ted was born May 4, 1928 to Ray and Gladys Condit in Vernonia OR. They moved to Klamath Falls OR, there he attended school and made lifelong friends that he still has today. Ted and his older brother Bill became the Katzenjammer kids known to all in Klamath Falls. The family lived several different places traveling where there were jobs available. After Pearl Harbor they ended up in Portland OR to work in the shipyards where young Ted worked as a helper carrying parts and equipment down into the ships. With Ted’s interest in boxing he would frequent the local boxing gyms where his love of boxing got him into the ring in gyms all over Oregon. The family settled in Grants Pass, OR where Ted attended high school, played football, and continued boxing at the smokers clubs and worked to help the family that had grown to four children Bill, Ted, Donna, and Jerry. From there the Condit’s went to the Deschutes Logging camp near Redding Ca. where he drove the water truck at night. That is where he met his wife Pat while he was visiting his uncle in Redding. It was a long 5-month courtship and they were married October 25, 1947 and has lasted ever after. In December of 1951 Ted joined the United States Air Force taking his basic training at Lackland Air Force base in San Antonio TX. He transferred to Colorado where Pat joined him. From Colorado Ted was sent to the Korean War and was stationed in Korea for a year. He spent the remainder of his military service in Apple Valley CA. In 1957 he was hired by the California Transportation Department (Cal trans) in Burlingame, Ca. His job sent him to many locations throughout California as he advanced in the company and was promoted to supervisor in 1967. In May 1967 he moved his family to Happy Camp, Ca. where he worked until he retired 1988. During all of the moves there were many adventures: In 1957 he became a pilot, and throughout his life he loved boating always wanting to spend his spare time on the water. It is unknown how many boats he owned or how many hours were spent with friends and family on the water. As long as he was with his family and friends he didn’t care where he was. Ted and Pat decided to have a family and adopted two children: In 1962 Ted Jr. joined the family then Lisa joined their family in 1964.

He enjoyed his family life with sports activities for the children and family vacations; he was a member of the Masonic Lodge where he ended as the worshipful Master for the North Lodge # 91. After retirement, Ted and Pat loved having more time for their four grandchildren, Dustin, Shannon, Brendon and Jordyn. They settled in Grants Pass OR to be around family in 2000, where they continued their travels to visit family and friends throughout the United States.

Survivors include his wife, Pat Condit of Grants Pass, Oregon; a daughter, Lisa Rotelli of Austin, Texas; a son, Ted Condit Jr. of Seiad Valley, California; a brother, Jerry Condit of Grants Pass, Oregon; and four grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Donna Martin and a brother, Bill Condit.