Funeral services for Theodore Edgar Druckenmiller will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 29, 2019 at the Church of the Nazarene in Trenton. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Gardens, north of Trenton.
A family visitation will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. on Friday, June 28, 2019 at the Slater-Neal Funeral Home at Trenton.
Mr. Druckenmiller, 88, departed to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 23, 2019 at the Sunnyview Nursing Home in Trenton.
He was born on Nov. 11, 1930 in Allentown PA. His parents moved to Cranford, NJ when Ted was two. He went through grade school, graduating from Cranford High School with the class of 1948.
Ted worked as a draftsman before he was enlisted with the U.S. Army, completing a course in dental prosthetics. He was sent to an Army post in Pirmasens, Germany, making dental restorations for all Army personnel. He took advantage of the GI Bill and attended Newark College of Engineering.
As an engineer, Ted traveled around the world to Alaska, Bangkok, California, Cuba, England, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and many islands.
Upon graduating, Ted married his sweetheart, Esther Stollery of Chatham, NJ, who shared many happy adventures. Their sixth child, John, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina while Ted led a design team for Exxon Refinery. Sharon, Bruce, James, Gwen, Garth and John have shared many rewarding experiences in other countries. They are all married, giving the family many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. On Aug. 25, 2019 the couple would have celebrated their 63rd anniversary of marriage.
Upon retirement, he was working for ConAgra in Milton, PA. A request came for Ted to go to Trenton Foods ConAgra plant for four to six months. He agreed and, on Jan. 17, 2002, Ted and Esther realized this was the place where they would live and find satisfaction serving the community of Trenton.
They participated as members of the Master Gardeners, where Ted led the group that designed the “Trenton Welcomes You” signs at the east and west entrances to the community. He also helped promote the popular Sesquicentennial Park at Five Points in downtown Trenton. He and Esther also volunteered to serve on the Grundy Country Museum Board. It was here that Ted suggested the need to get two items which are disappearing from the countryside – a farm windmill and an outhouse. The museum is in possession of one of each of these. Ted was also the strong influence that led to the Friends of the Thompson House acquiring ownership from the DNR.
Ted became a member of the First Church of the Nazarene upon coming to Trenton. He and Esther have contributed to its many activities in worship and Sunday school. Ted gave his heart to the Lord Jesus Christ as a boy of 11 years. He has been a committed believer in Jesus and has always felt the most needed thing in anything you do is to reflect your precious savior “in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity” as stated in 1 Timothy 4:12.
Memorials are suggested to the Church of the Nazarene and may be left at or mailed to the funeral home.
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