Donald Teets Obituary
RED LODGE – "Don" passed away peacefully on Monday, May 30, at Cedar Wood Villa in Red Lodge. He passed after a short but courageous battle with Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS).
He had a love of animals, talking and debating, meeting new people, traveling the world, smoking, and most of all….eating anything that was sweet! He was a character and still kept his sense of humor until the very end.
Don is survived by his daughter, Carie (Michael) Price of San Diego; two sons, Craig Teets of Spokane, Wash., and Jeff (Carmen) MacDonald of Los Angeles; one sister, Patricia Hinton of Escondido, Calif.; and his beloved granddaughter Micayla Price and grandson Kevin MacDonald.
Thank you to the people of Red Lodge for taking such good care of him! Dad…it sure is quiet here without you…
In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Please help us find a cure.
A celebration of Don's life will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday, June 2, at Cedar Wood Villa in Red Lodge. Come and have coffee and LOTS OF CAKE during the celebration. Inurnment and services are pending in San Diego. Smith-Olcott Funeral Chapel of Red Lodge was in charge of cremation arrangements.
This obituary was originally published in the Billings Gazette.
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Jeffrey MacDonald
July 18, 2006
Hey dad I received an email with this link. I really don't have much to say, but I wish I would have known you a little better. At least your in a better place now.
Micayla Price
June 23, 2006
Grandpa.... I miss you! I wanted to come and see you this summer in Red Lodge. I cried when Mommy told me that you had gone to Heaven. Mommy cried a lot too. Oh Grandpa, I just graduated from Kindergarten! I had a big party with a Jumpy! I wish you could have been there. I will always love you.
Micayla & Carie Price
June 21, 2006
Hi Dad,
I just got you in the mail the other day. Wow... there are just no words. I just couldn't stop crying. Micayla was upset that we aren't going to see you this summer in Red Lodge. It just seems so strange that you aren't around to talk to on the phone. I miss you.
Craig Teets
June 16, 2006
Dad, I'm sorry to see you go. I wish things could have been different between you and me. But even though you weren't in my life that much I will miss you very much and will always love you!
Your Son, Craig
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Patricia Hinton
June 12, 2006
Don I miss you and am sorry I could not tranfer to Montana to be with you this past year. I know you loved Aspen Meadows and all the friends you made in the years you spent at the lodge and in town. I know the town will miss you for your happy go lucky way about you and I will always miss you and love you.
Your loving sister, Patty.
Patricia Hinton (Escondido,CA)
Carie Price
June 9, 2006
Dad was also known by the last name of MacDonald. All his friends in the Montana area know him by this name. Hey, if you had the name Teets, wouldn't you change it? :)
Dad, it has only been 9 days since you passed.... but it seems like a life time has gone by. I keep thinking about calling you at Cedar wood, but then I remember you are gone. There just are no words... only tears. I kind of feel like I am talking to you on here. I know you are watching me from above and telling me not to cry. I am greatful that you didn't have to suffer any more, but I do miss you. Oh by the way Dad, just your luck, but the people from Aspen Meadows called me on Monday June 5. Get this, they called to see if you wanted to move down to Billings! You have wanted to go there for the last year and now that you have been gone for 6 days, they call! Ok, I know you are finding some humor in all of this too. I tell you... there just are no words! :) except.... it sure is quiet here without you....
Love Always,
Your Little Girl and Teeny Bopper,
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