Theodore Edmund Billinger, Jr., 71, longtime resident of Cheyenne Wells, CO, passed away on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. Affectionally known as "Ted Jr." or "Teddy", he was born on June 3, 1947 in Denver, CO, to Theodore (Ted Sr.) and Ada Billinger.
In June 1951, the family moved to Cheyenne Wells and Ted Sr. and Ada opened the door to their own business, the Wells Pharmacy on June 3, 1953. The Wells Pharmacy recently celebrated its 65th anniversary on June 3, 2018, which was also Ted Jr.'s birthday.
Ted Jr.'s educational years started at Sacred Heart School and then Cheyenne Wells High School for the remaining four years. During his time in high school, he lettered as part of the wrestling team (could still fit in his jacket at his last class reunion), and also played on the basketball and softball teams. He had a great love for music and was first-chair saxophonist in the Cheyenne Wells High School Band, during a time when every student wanted to be a part of this prestigious group.
While virtually growing up in a pharmacy, he witnessed first-hand the hard work, sacrifice, devotion, and love that his parents had in caring for the community's medical needs. This appealed to him and he decided to follow his father's footsteps and study to become a pharmacist as well. Following high school, he went on to complete prerequisite courses at Otero Junior College in La Junta, CO, and then ultimately finished his college years at the University of Colorado, Boulder, CO., where he graduated from the School of Pharmacy, exactly 20 years later from the same school as his father.
After graduation, it was only natural he would return to work at the Wells Pharmacy alongside his father for many years. In 1989, Ted Sr., unexpectedly passed away, and Ted Jr., was able to fulfill the role as the Cheyenne County pharmacist in his father's absence.
Over the years, Ted Jr., has continued to provide quality service to his customer base beyond compare. His joy was greeting people, customers, and patients that have been coming to the pharmacy for years and years, as well as new people that come into the area. Like his father and mother, he was dedicated to always go the extra mile to deliver needed medicine to people numerous times, in blizzards, and thunder storms. The quality customer service Ted Jr. developed extended to a large area of Western Colorado, such as Wild Horse, and Eastern Kansas, such as Sharon Springs.
Ted Jr. also took great pride in offering his customers front end merchandise such as health items, greeting cards, Russell Stover candy, perfumes, colognes, metal detectors, and more. He also provided other services such as repairing glasses, changing batteries on watches and calculators, to engravable items such as trophies (donating trophies for the Boy Scouts), and making rubber stamps. He was always on trend and thinking of what need the community might benefit from to make their lives easier. A prime example of that outward thinking is the new Xerox quality picture printer in the pharmacy. One thing you might not know about this entrepreneur – he actually may have looked forward to getting blizzards or big snow storms because it gave him the opportunity to bundle up and shovel main street sidewalks and parking areas while riding his tractor. He loved his tractor and enjoyed helping other businesses in town.
Many of the things that Ted Jr. enjoyed may be already known such as his tractor. Other pastimes included metal detecting before it was popular. He was an avid coin collector, so finding a simple coin with his detector would bring him great joy, while finding a bottle cap or tab was always disappointing but nonetheless considered a "treasure". He enjoyed playing golf, going to an occasional Denver Bronco or Rockies game. He had a passion for photography and in earlier years, he would often be hired to photograph a wedding in the area. He also considered himself a "Trekkie" for he loved watching the old
Star Trek movies…. not the "New Generation" shows. Ted Jr. also became a certified Emergency Medical Technician so that he could assist in any emergency situation. He loved animals, especially cats with a few visiting for an occasional meal or two. However, his greatest love was his family and there was nothing he would not do for them. In his mother's end-of-life years, and while bed-ridden with spinal degeneration, he cared for her needs as a full-time care taker while still providing pharmaceutical needs for the community. He never complained, only occasionally asked for help, he was a silent and humble hero – after all, he was a Gemini like her.
Ted was preceded in death by his father and mother.
He leaves to mourn his death, his sister Thea (Richard) of Slidell, LA; his brother Brent (Miok) of Loveland, CO; his sister Michelle of Cheyenne Wells; his Aunt Lorraine Roedel of Brighton, CO; nieces Erica, Dana (Richard), Andrea; nephew Michael (Felicia), numerous great nieces (Julia, Mia, Josie, and Avery) and great nephews (Adam and Ryan), additional relatives and friends.
As we remember Ted today and celebrate his life, the words of Eccelesiastes 3:1-5 are very appropriate in all the aspects of life which we are privileged to be a part of and in the many ways that Ted lived to the fullest. In knowing the value and hope found in all of the times, places and seasons of life, Ted lived out his life as one who truly fulfilled the image of this reading by Delma Caleindo, the wife of a pharmacist and treasured by Ted Jr. and his family members.
It is entitled "A Pharmacist Is… A pharmacist is a queer human being. Let's look at him for a moment, without being critical.
His anatomy is quite different from a normal person. His mind is composed of various parts. It is analytical, anatomical, bacteriological, biological, medicinal, and pharmaceutical. His head is composed of four sets of eyes: one set to do his work with, one to watch the store with, one to watch his helpers with, and one to watch the shoplifters with. His nose and mouth are sensitive to the chemicals he must smell and taste. His ears are extra-large and slightly bent from the tales he hears. He has four arms to work with, and they all function at once: one to fill prescriptions, one to answer the phone, one to write the messages, and one to wave to customers with to let them know he'll be with them in a minute. It is obvious to see that he has much more than one pair of legs to run from prescription counter to medicine, from medicine to prescription counter, from back to front, from item to item, from customer to customer, and counter to register.
It would be a great mistake to call this being a Pharmacist, because for his customers he must be a doctor, a lawyer, a surgeon, a banker, a post office, a fountain whiz, a Mr. Anthony: he must be a cosmetician, a pediatrician, a confessor, a Don Juan, an angel and a saint. He must at all times be considerate, courteous, charming, intellectual, and sociable.
Yes, a Pharmacist is a queer human animal. Sometimes I wonder whether I should even use "human".
Whether we use the word pharmacist, brother, friend, human or some other term of endearment today, we celebrate Ted's life, even as we mourn his earthy loss and ask for God's blessing. May your memory, love, kind deeds, dedication, and gentle caring nature set as an example for others to follow and strengthen our future journey so that we may know the hope which is both his and ours in the moment, and in every life.
"Those we have once enjoyed, we can never lose.
All that we love deeply, become part of us" by Hellen Keller
In June 1951, the family moved to Cheyenne Wells and Ted Sr. and Ada opened the door to their own business, the Wells Pharmacy on June 3, 1953. The Wells Pharmacy recently celebrated its 65th anniversary on June 3, 2018, which was also Ted Jr.'s birthday.
Ted Jr.'s educational years started at Sacred Heart School and then Cheyenne Wells High School for the remaining four years. During his time in high school, he lettered as part of the wrestling team (could still fit in his jacket at his last class reunion), and also played on the basketball and softball teams. He had a great love for music and was first-chair saxophonist in the Cheyenne Wells High School Band, during a time when every student wanted to be a part of this prestigious group.
While virtually growing up in a pharmacy, he witnessed first-hand the hard work, sacrifice, devotion, and love that his parents had in caring for the community's medical needs. This appealed to him and he decided to follow his father's footsteps and study to become a pharmacist as well. Following high school, he went on to complete prerequisite courses at Otero Junior College in La Junta, CO, and then ultimately finished his college years at the University of Colorado, Boulder, CO., where he graduated from the School of Pharmacy, exactly 20 years later from the same school as his father.
After graduation, it was only natural he would return to work at the Wells Pharmacy alongside his father for many years. In 1989, Ted Sr., unexpectedly passed away, and Ted Jr., was able to fulfill the role as the Cheyenne County pharmacist in his father's absence.
Over the years, Ted Jr., has continued to provide quality service to his customer base beyond compare. His joy was greeting people, customers, and patients that have been coming to the pharmacy for years and years, as well as new people that come into the area. Like his father and mother, he was dedicated to always go the extra mile to deliver needed medicine to people numerous times, in blizzards, and thunder storms. The quality customer service Ted Jr. developed extended to a large area of Western Colorado, such as Wild Horse, and Eastern Kansas, such as Sharon Springs.
Ted Jr. also took great pride in offering his customers front end merchandise such as health items, greeting cards, Russell Stover candy, perfumes, colognes, metal detectors, and more. He also provided other services such as repairing glasses, changing batteries on watches and calculators, to engravable items such as trophies (donating trophies for the Boy Scouts), and making rubber stamps. He was always on trend and thinking of what need the community might benefit from to make their lives easier. A prime example of that outward thinking is the new Xerox quality picture printer in the pharmacy. One thing you might not know about this entrepreneur – he actually may have looked forward to getting blizzards or big snow storms because it gave him the opportunity to bundle up and shovel main street sidewalks and parking areas while riding his tractor. He loved his tractor and enjoyed helping other businesses in town.
Many of the things that Ted Jr. enjoyed may be already known such as his tractor. Other pastimes included metal detecting before it was popular. He was an avid coin collector, so finding a simple coin with his detector would bring him great joy, while finding a bottle cap or tab was always disappointing but nonetheless considered a "treasure". He enjoyed playing golf, going to an occasional Denver Bronco or Rockies game. He had a passion for photography and in earlier years, he would often be hired to photograph a wedding in the area. He also considered himself a "Trekkie" for he loved watching the old
Star Trek movies…. not the "New Generation" shows. Ted Jr. also became a certified Emergency Medical Technician so that he could assist in any emergency situation. He loved animals, especially cats with a few visiting for an occasional meal or two. However, his greatest love was his family and there was nothing he would not do for them. In his mother's end-of-life years, and while bed-ridden with spinal degeneration, he cared for her needs as a full-time care taker while still providing pharmaceutical needs for the community. He never complained, only occasionally asked for help, he was a silent and humble hero – after all, he was a Gemini like her.
Ted was preceded in death by his father and mother.
He leaves to mourn his death, his sister Thea (Richard) of Slidell, LA; his brother Brent (Miok) of Loveland, CO; his sister Michelle of Cheyenne Wells; his Aunt Lorraine Roedel of Brighton, CO; nieces Erica, Dana (Richard), Andrea; nephew Michael (Felicia), numerous great nieces (Julia, Mia, Josie, and Avery) and great nephews (Adam and Ryan), additional relatives and friends.
As we remember Ted today and celebrate his life, the words of Eccelesiastes 3:1-5 are very appropriate in all the aspects of life which we are privileged to be a part of and in the many ways that Ted lived to the fullest. In knowing the value and hope found in all of the times, places and seasons of life, Ted lived out his life as one who truly fulfilled the image of this reading by Delma Caleindo, the wife of a pharmacist and treasured by Ted Jr. and his family members.
It is entitled "A Pharmacist Is… A pharmacist is a queer human being. Let's look at him for a moment, without being critical.
His anatomy is quite different from a normal person. His mind is composed of various parts. It is analytical, anatomical, bacteriological, biological, medicinal, and pharmaceutical. His head is composed of four sets of eyes: one set to do his work with, one to watch the store with, one to watch his helpers with, and one to watch the shoplifters with. His nose and mouth are sensitive to the chemicals he must smell and taste. His ears are extra-large and slightly bent from the tales he hears. He has four arms to work with, and they all function at once: one to fill prescriptions, one to answer the phone, one to write the messages, and one to wave to customers with to let them know he'll be with them in a minute. It is obvious to see that he has much more than one pair of legs to run from prescription counter to medicine, from medicine to prescription counter, from back to front, from item to item, from customer to customer, and counter to register.
It would be a great mistake to call this being a Pharmacist, because for his customers he must be a doctor, a lawyer, a surgeon, a banker, a post office, a fountain whiz, a Mr. Anthony: he must be a cosmetician, a pediatrician, a confessor, a Don Juan, an angel and a saint. He must at all times be considerate, courteous, charming, intellectual, and sociable.
Yes, a Pharmacist is a queer human animal. Sometimes I wonder whether I should even use "human".
Whether we use the word pharmacist, brother, friend, human or some other term of endearment today, we celebrate Ted's life, even as we mourn his earthy loss and ask for God's blessing. May your memory, love, kind deeds, dedication, and gentle caring nature set as an example for others to follow and strengthen our future journey so that we may know the hope which is both his and ours in the moment, and in every life.
"Those we have once enjoyed, we can never lose.
All that we love deeply, become part of us" by Hellen Keller
Theodore Edmund Billinger, Jr., 71, longtime resident of Cheyenne Wells, CO, passed away on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. Affectionally known as "Ted Jr." or "Teddy", he was born on June 3, 1947 in Denver, CO, to Theodore (Ted Sr.) and Ada Billinger.
In June 1951, the family moved to Cheyenne Wells and Ted Sr. and Ada opened the door to their own business, the Wells Pharmacy on June 3, 1953. The Wells Pharmacy recently celebrated its 65th anniversary on June 3, 2018, which was also Ted Jr.'s birthday.
Ted Jr.'s educational years started at Sacred Heart School and then Cheyenne Wells High School for the remaining four years. During his time in high school, he lettered as part of the wrestling team (could still fit in his jacket at his last class reunion), and also played on the basketball and softball teams. He had a great love for music and was first-chair saxophonist in the Cheyenne Wells High School Band, during a time when every student wanted to be a part of this prestigious group.
While virtually growing up in a pharmacy, he witnessed first-hand the hard work, sacrifice, devotion, and love that his parents had in caring for the community's medical needs. This appealed to him and he decided to follow his father's footsteps and study to become a pharmacist as well. Following high school, he went on to complete prerequisite courses at Otero Junior College in La Junta, CO, and then ultimately finished his college years at the University of Colorado, Boulder, CO., where he graduated from the School of Pharmacy, exactly 20 years later from the same school as his father.
After graduation, it was only natural he would return to work at the Wells Pharmacy alongside his father for many years. In 1989, Ted Sr., unexpectedly passed away, and Ted Jr., was able to fulfill the role as the Cheyenne County pharmacist in his father's absence.
Over the years, Ted Jr., has continued to provide quality service to his customer base beyond compare. His joy was greeting people, customers, and patients that have been coming to the pharmacy for years and years, as well as new people that come into the area. Like his father and mother, he was dedicated to always go the extra mile to deliver needed medicine to people numerous times, in blizzards, and thunder storms. The quality customer service Ted Jr. developed extended to a large area of Western Colorado, such as Wild Horse, and Eastern Kansas, such as Sharon Springs.
Ted Jr. also took great pride in offering his customers front end merchandise such as health items, greeting cards, Russell Stover candy, perfumes, colognes, metal detectors, and more. He also provided other services such as repairing glasses, changing batteries on watches and calculators, to engravable items such as trophies (donating trophies for the Boy Scouts), and making rubber stamps. He was always on trend and thinking of what need the community might benefit from to make their lives easier. A prime example of that outward thinking is the new Xerox quality picture printer in the pharmacy. One thing you might not know about this entrepreneur – he actually may have looked forward to getting blizzards or big snow storms because it gave him the opportunity to bundle up and shovel main street sidewalks and parking areas while riding his tractor. He loved his tractor and enjoyed helping other businesses in town.
Many of the things that Ted Jr. enjoyed may be already known such as his tractor. Other pastimes included metal detecting before it was popular. He was an avid coin collector, so finding a simple coin with his detector would bring him great joy, while finding a bottle cap or tab was always disappointing but nonetheless considered a "treasure". He enjoyed playing golf, going to an occasional Denver Bronco or Rockies game. He had a passion for photography and in earlier years, he would often be hired to photograph a wedding in the area. He also considered himself a "Trekkie" for he loved watching the old
Star Trek movies…. not the "New Generation" shows. Ted Jr. also became a certified Emergency Medical Technician so that he could assist in any emergency situation. He loved animals, especially cats with a few visiting for an occasional meal or two. However, his greatest love was his family and there was nothing he would not do for them. In his mother's end-of-life years, and while bed-ridden with spinal degeneration, he cared for her needs as a full-time care taker while still providing pharmaceutical needs for the community. He never complained, only occasionally asked for help, he was a silent and humble hero – after all, he was a Gemini like her.
Ted was preceded in death by his father and mother.
He leaves to mourn his death, his sister Thea (Richard) of Slidell, LA; his brother Brent (Miok) of Loveland, CO; his sister Michelle of Cheyenne Wells; his Aunt Lorraine Roedel of Brighton, CO; nieces Erica, Dana (Richard), Andrea; nephew Michael (Felicia), numerous great nieces (Julia, Mia, Josie, and Avery) and great nephews (Adam and Ryan), additional relatives and friends.
As we remember Ted today and celebrate his life, the words of Eccelesiastes 3:1-5 are very appropriate in all the aspects of life which we are privileged to be a part of and in the many ways that Ted lived to the fullest. In knowing the value and hope found in all of the times, places and seasons of life, Ted lived out his life as one who truly fulfilled the image of this reading by Delma Caleindo, the wife of a pharmacist and treasured by Ted Jr. and his family members.
It is entitled "A Pharmacist Is… A pharmacist is a queer human being. Let's look at him for a moment, without being critical.
His anatomy is quite different from a normal person. His mind is composed of various parts. It is analytical, anatomical, bacteriological, biological, medicinal, and pharmaceutical. His head is composed of four sets of eyes: one set to do his work with, one to watch the store with, one to watch his helpers with, and one to watch the shoplifters with. His nose and mouth are sensitive to the chemicals he must smell and taste. His ears are extra-large and slightly bent from the tales he hears. He has four arms to work with, and they all function at once: one to fill prescriptions, one to answer the phone, one to write the messages, and one to wave to customers with to let them know he'll be with them in a minute. It is obvious to see that he has much more than one pair of legs to run from prescription counter to medicine, from medicine to prescription counter, from back to front, from item to item, from customer to customer, and counter to register.
It would be a great mistake to call this being a Pharmacist, because for his customers he must be a doctor, a lawyer, a surgeon, a banker, a post office, a fountain whiz, a Mr. Anthony: he must be a cosmetician, a pediatrician, a confessor, a Don Juan, an angel and a saint. He must at all times be considerate, courteous, charming, intellectual, and sociable.
Yes, a Pharmacist is a queer human animal. Sometimes I wonder whether I should even use "human".
Whether we use the word pharmacist, brother, friend, human or some other term of endearment today, we celebrate Ted's life, even as we mourn his earthy loss and ask for God's blessing. May your memory, love, kind deeds, dedication, and gentle caring nature set as an example for others to follow and strengthen our future journey so that we may know the hope which is both his and ours in the moment, and in every life.
"Those we have once enjoyed, we can never lose.
All that we love deeply, become part of us" by Hellen Keller
In June 1951, the family moved to Cheyenne Wells and Ted Sr. and Ada opened the door to their own business, the Wells Pharmacy on June 3, 1953. The Wells Pharmacy recently celebrated its 65th anniversary on June 3, 2018, which was also Ted Jr.'s birthday.
Ted Jr.'s educational years started at Sacred Heart School and then Cheyenne Wells High School for the remaining four years. During his time in high school, he lettered as part of the wrestling team (could still fit in his jacket at his last class reunion), and also played on the basketball and softball teams. He had a great love for music and was first-chair saxophonist in the Cheyenne Wells High School Band, during a time when every student wanted to be a part of this prestigious group.
While virtually growing up in a pharmacy, he witnessed first-hand the hard work, sacrifice, devotion, and love that his parents had in caring for the community's medical needs. This appealed to him and he decided to follow his father's footsteps and study to become a pharmacist as well. Following high school, he went on to complete prerequisite courses at Otero Junior College in La Junta, CO, and then ultimately finished his college years at the University of Colorado, Boulder, CO., where he graduated from the School of Pharmacy, exactly 20 years later from the same school as his father.
After graduation, it was only natural he would return to work at the Wells Pharmacy alongside his father for many years. In 1989, Ted Sr., unexpectedly passed away, and Ted Jr., was able to fulfill the role as the Cheyenne County pharmacist in his father's absence.
Over the years, Ted Jr., has continued to provide quality service to his customer base beyond compare. His joy was greeting people, customers, and patients that have been coming to the pharmacy for years and years, as well as new people that come into the area. Like his father and mother, he was dedicated to always go the extra mile to deliver needed medicine to people numerous times, in blizzards, and thunder storms. The quality customer service Ted Jr. developed extended to a large area of Western Colorado, such as Wild Horse, and Eastern Kansas, such as Sharon Springs.
Ted Jr. also took great pride in offering his customers front end merchandise such as health items, greeting cards, Russell Stover candy, perfumes, colognes, metal detectors, and more. He also provided other services such as repairing glasses, changing batteries on watches and calculators, to engravable items such as trophies (donating trophies for the Boy Scouts), and making rubber stamps. He was always on trend and thinking of what need the community might benefit from to make their lives easier. A prime example of that outward thinking is the new Xerox quality picture printer in the pharmacy. One thing you might not know about this entrepreneur – he actually may have looked forward to getting blizzards or big snow storms because it gave him the opportunity to bundle up and shovel main street sidewalks and parking areas while riding his tractor. He loved his tractor and enjoyed helping other businesses in town.
Many of the things that Ted Jr. enjoyed may be already known such as his tractor. Other pastimes included metal detecting before it was popular. He was an avid coin collector, so finding a simple coin with his detector would bring him great joy, while finding a bottle cap or tab was always disappointing but nonetheless considered a "treasure". He enjoyed playing golf, going to an occasional Denver Bronco or Rockies game. He had a passion for photography and in earlier years, he would often be hired to photograph a wedding in the area. He also considered himself a "Trekkie" for he loved watching the old
Star Trek movies…. not the "New Generation" shows. Ted Jr. also became a certified Emergency Medical Technician so that he could assist in any emergency situation. He loved animals, especially cats with a few visiting for an occasional meal or two. However, his greatest love was his family and there was nothing he would not do for them. In his mother's end-of-life years, and while bed-ridden with spinal degeneration, he cared for her needs as a full-time care taker while still providing pharmaceutical needs for the community. He never complained, only occasionally asked for help, he was a silent and humble hero – after all, he was a Gemini like her.
Ted was preceded in death by his father and mother.
He leaves to mourn his death, his sister Thea (Richard) of Slidell, LA; his brother Brent (Miok) of Loveland, CO; his sister Michelle of Cheyenne Wells; his Aunt Lorraine Roedel of Brighton, CO; nieces Erica, Dana (Richard), Andrea; nephew Michael (Felicia), numerous great nieces (Julia, Mia, Josie, and Avery) and great nephews (Adam and Ryan), additional relatives and friends.
As we remember Ted today and celebrate his life, the words of Eccelesiastes 3:1-5 are very appropriate in all the aspects of life which we are privileged to be a part of and in the many ways that Ted lived to the fullest. In knowing the value and hope found in all of the times, places and seasons of life, Ted lived out his life as one who truly fulfilled the image of this reading by Delma Caleindo, the wife of a pharmacist and treasured by Ted Jr. and his family members.
It is entitled "A Pharmacist Is… A pharmacist is a queer human being. Let's look at him for a moment, without being critical.
His anatomy is quite different from a normal person. His mind is composed of various parts. It is analytical, anatomical, bacteriological, biological, medicinal, and pharmaceutical. His head is composed of four sets of eyes: one set to do his work with, one to watch the store with, one to watch his helpers with, and one to watch the shoplifters with. His nose and mouth are sensitive to the chemicals he must smell and taste. His ears are extra-large and slightly bent from the tales he hears. He has four arms to work with, and they all function at once: one to fill prescriptions, one to answer the phone, one to write the messages, and one to wave to customers with to let them know he'll be with them in a minute. It is obvious to see that he has much more than one pair of legs to run from prescription counter to medicine, from medicine to prescription counter, from back to front, from item to item, from customer to customer, and counter to register.
It would be a great mistake to call this being a Pharmacist, because for his customers he must be a doctor, a lawyer, a surgeon, a banker, a post office, a fountain whiz, a Mr. Anthony: he must be a cosmetician, a pediatrician, a confessor, a Don Juan, an angel and a saint. He must at all times be considerate, courteous, charming, intellectual, and sociable.
Yes, a Pharmacist is a queer human animal. Sometimes I wonder whether I should even use "human".
Whether we use the word pharmacist, brother, friend, human or some other term of endearment today, we celebrate Ted's life, even as we mourn his earthy loss and ask for God's blessing. May your memory, love, kind deeds, dedication, and gentle caring nature set as an example for others to follow and strengthen our future journey so that we may know the hope which is both his and ours in the moment, and in every life.
"Those we have once enjoyed, we can never lose.
All that we love deeply, become part of us" by Hellen Keller
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