Ted served in the U.S. Navy in World War II.
He worked as a machinist until his retirement in 1983.
Ted's funeral mass was said at St. Zachary Catholic Church in Des Plaines, Illinois. He was cremated and his remains are in the Old City Cemetery Columbarium in Lynchburg, Virginia, home of his oldest daughter, Kathleen Spas Christian.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSGS-SB4 : accessed 6 November 2020), Theodore Spas in household of Joseph Spas, Chicago (Districts 0751-1000), Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 785, sheet 24B, line 92, family 403, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 450; FHL microfilm 2,340,185.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW1M-THS : 21 May 2020), Theadore Spass in household of Joseph Spass, Ward 25, Chicago, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103-1611, sheet 13B, line 79, family 291, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 972.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK15-BHYC : 4 July 2020), Ted, 2015; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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