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EDWARD H. "TED" JR., 88, died peacefully at his home on May 28, 2013. Ted was a teacher at Germantown Academy from 1954-91 and was the Director of the Bryn Mawr Renaissance Choir for many years. He leaves behind the daughters of his beloved Jane Serviss and many devoted friends and former students.
A Memorial Service will be held on July 18, at 5 P.M., at Germantown Academy, 340 Morris Road, Fort Washington PA 19034. Memorial contribu-tions may be sent to Living Branches Foundation, Dock Woods/Dock Meadows Sharing Fund, 275 Dock Drive, Lansdale PA19446, or to Germantown Academy. Arr by
SHAEFF-MYERS FUNERAL HOME
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William
March 24, 2022
William Handy
March 24, 2022
Me and Ted Handy, taken July 2011, the last time I got to see him.
July 5, 2014
Me and Ted, taken by my husband, July 2011
Barbara Taylor
July 5, 2014
There are so many memories I still have of my beloved Ted Handy, that they're too many to list just now.
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Barbara Taylor
October 7, 2013
Ted Handy was my only beloved 1st cousin, the only son of my mother's sister, Katherine, stayed in my life so much over the years. Despite our lives causing us to drift apart more than it should have, Ted was always a HUGE part of my life, possibly more than he even realized. His passing has left a huge hole in my life that will not be easily filled. I am so glad that my husband and I did get to see him in the summer of 2011, when he seemed so vital, and as brilliant and full of life as always. Ted and Jane Serviss made a special effort to be at my law school graduation in Boston in 1991, but even before that, Ted made a special effort to see my mother in the hospital when she, herself, was dying of cancer, in 1989, in Burlington, Mass. When we visited Ted at his and Jane's condonimimum, in 2011, there was the formal portrait of my husband and me prominently displayed on his piano, where we were thrilled to see it - maybe someone in Jane's family might of wondered who we were, but I WAS also Ted Handy's last living relative as he was mine. Although he may never have talked of it to many, he was always THERE for me in so many stages of my life, which is now so much the poorer for knowing that he isn't there for me anymore. He as a HUGE presence in my life, never forgotten, and he will NOT be now. God Bless Ted Handy, and also his love for the family for Jane Serviss, of whom he referred to as "the love of his life". I shall always remember Jane, too, for all the little that I was able to see her. Ted Handy was a brilliant, generous man, the like of which we seldom see now. Even with the loss of my brother several years ago, Ted's passing has hit me much harder. So many memories, over so many years! They just keep coming! It will be a long time, before I get over his loss: the man who was always there for me, even though he might not have realized it. As a final relative, one could not have done better! I am 69 myself, which makes it even harder. I still managed to graduate from law school in my late 40's AND TED HANDY WAS THERE!
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