Theodore Hartung

Theodore Hartung PORTSMOUTH - Theodore Raleigh "Bootsie" Hartung, beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed Saturday, May 1, 2010, at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital. Ted was a native of Portsmouth and grew up in Prentis Park. He was the son of Theodore S. Hartung and Marion Y. Hartung. Ted played on the 1956 Wilson State Champion Football Team. He attended Western Kentucky University where he also played football. Ted was a Virginia State trooper for six years and served them as a diver and pilot. He retired as an air traffic controller for the FAA after 27 years. He was retired and living with his wife of 46 years in the Outerbanks of North Carolina. Ted was an avid fisherman, member of the Cape Hatteras Anglers Club, Outer Banks Preservation Association and volunteered for the National Park Service's Fish with the Ranger Program. He will be dearly missed but always remembered. He is survived by his wife, Connie; sons, Todd and Heath; brother, Leroy; sister, Delores Owen; and four grandchildren, Hunter, Gabriel, Riley and Carlie. Memorial services will be held Saturday, May 8, at 2 p.m. in Loving Funeral Home, Portsmouth. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Little Grove United Methodist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 293, Frisco, NC 27936. Online condolences may be made at www.lovingfuneralhome.com.