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Ted Kermit Balter

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Ted Kermit Balter

Birth
Peabody, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Death
3 Oct 1999 (aged 72)
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Burial
Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, USA Add to Map
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BREMERTON SUN October 05,1999
Ted Balter
Ted K. Balter, 72, of Bremerton died of heart disease Oct. 3, 1999, at Harrison Hospital. He was born Feb. 26, 1927, in Peabody, Kan., to Clarence E. and Mildred L. (Schulte) Balter. He grew up in Kamiah, Idaho, and in Kingston. He graduated from Kamiah High School in 1945 and attended Olympic College. Mr. Balter served in the Army from 1946 to 1947. His military honors include a World War II Victory Medal and the Army of Occupation Medal Japan.
He married Jean R. Balcom on July 31, 1954, in Silverdale. Mr. Balter worked as a sheet metal mechanic at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for 32 years, retiring in 1982. He also worked as a security guard during registration at Olympic College; as an instructor's assistant for Mountaineering, backpacking and skiing at OC; as assistant director of the OC camp craft summer classes and trips; and as a ski instructor for Kitsap Northwest Ski School and Ski Masters of Bellevue at Snoqualmie Summit.
He was a member of Bremerton Cruisers Motorcycle Club, Olympic Mountain Rescue, a charter member of Evergreen Classic American Clipper Club, a member of West Side Baptist Church in Bremerton, a trustee and member of the Missions Committee at West Side Baptist Church and a five-year member of the choir at West Side Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Linda White of Olympia, Sally Coppinger of Port Orchard and Kimm Bryan of Ventura, Calif.; a brother, Richard of Silverdale; two sisters, Rosemary Burnett of Hoodsport and Alice Mickelberry of Memphis, Tenn.; and eight grandchildren, Andrea White of Seattle, Amanda White of Olympia, Caleb White of Chehalis, Emilie Bryan and Conor Bryan, both of Ventura, and Katie Coppinger, Levi Coppinger and Kyle Coppinger, all of Port Orchard.
A memorial service is planned for 2 p.m. Saturday at West Side Baptist Church. Internment will take place at Miller-Woodlawn Memorial Park.
Memorial donations may be made to West Side Baptist Church Music Department, 5501 W. Werner Road, Bremerton, WA 98312, to American Heart Association, c/o Judy Jennings, P.O. Box 2674, Silverdale, WA 98383 or to Hospice of Kitsap County, P.O. Box 3416, Silverdale, WA 98383.
BREMERTON SUN October 05,1999
Ted Balter
Ted K. Balter, 72, of Bremerton died of heart disease Oct. 3, 1999, at Harrison Hospital. He was born Feb. 26, 1927, in Peabody, Kan., to Clarence E. and Mildred L. (Schulte) Balter. He grew up in Kamiah, Idaho, and in Kingston. He graduated from Kamiah High School in 1945 and attended Olympic College. Mr. Balter served in the Army from 1946 to 1947. His military honors include a World War II Victory Medal and the Army of Occupation Medal Japan.
He married Jean R. Balcom on July 31, 1954, in Silverdale. Mr. Balter worked as a sheet metal mechanic at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for 32 years, retiring in 1982. He also worked as a security guard during registration at Olympic College; as an instructor's assistant for Mountaineering, backpacking and skiing at OC; as assistant director of the OC camp craft summer classes and trips; and as a ski instructor for Kitsap Northwest Ski School and Ski Masters of Bellevue at Snoqualmie Summit.
He was a member of Bremerton Cruisers Motorcycle Club, Olympic Mountain Rescue, a charter member of Evergreen Classic American Clipper Club, a member of West Side Baptist Church in Bremerton, a trustee and member of the Missions Committee at West Side Baptist Church and a five-year member of the choir at West Side Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Linda White of Olympia, Sally Coppinger of Port Orchard and Kimm Bryan of Ventura, Calif.; a brother, Richard of Silverdale; two sisters, Rosemary Burnett of Hoodsport and Alice Mickelberry of Memphis, Tenn.; and eight grandchildren, Andrea White of Seattle, Amanda White of Olympia, Caleb White of Chehalis, Emilie Bryan and Conor Bryan, both of Ventura, and Katie Coppinger, Levi Coppinger and Kyle Coppinger, all of Port Orchard.
A memorial service is planned for 2 p.m. Saturday at West Side Baptist Church. Internment will take place at Miller-Woodlawn Memorial Park.
Memorial donations may be made to West Side Baptist Church Music Department, 5501 W. Werner Road, Bremerton, WA 98312, to American Heart Association, c/o Judy Jennings, P.O. Box 2674, Silverdale, WA 98383 or to Hospice of Kitsap County, P.O. Box 3416, Silverdale, WA 98383.


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