Theodore Franklin
Spear

April 26, 1918 to May 18, 2000

 

Theodore Franklin Spears, Jr. was born April 26, 1918. He was the beloved and only child of Ann Elizabeth and Theodore Franklin Spears, Sr. of Springfield Ohio

He Served in the U.S. Navy where he met and married Isie L Crowdy of Annapolis, Maryland and with her daughter, Loretta the moved to Brooklyn, New York. He bore two more children with Isie, Anita Rainell and Theodore Franklin the III. He worked in construction and also as a truck driver.

In 1978 he moved to Peoria, Arizona worked for the Dysart School District as a janitorial engineer

In 1984 he became the loving husband of Pauline (Paula) Morgan. They were members of United Methodist Church in Glendale.

Paula feels that he lived by: "I shale pass this way but once therefore any good that I can do or any kindness that I can show let me do it now for I shall not pass this way again."

Theodore passed away on Sunday, May 18, 2000 9:30 pm at the Hospice Hospital in Peoria, Arizona. He is survived by his wife Paula; two sons; Dwight Randolph Johnson, Sr. and his family Erlinda Jayme-Johnson his wife and two children Dwight Randolph Johnson, Jr., Gina Desiree Johnson-Theesfield and to Grandchildren; Alexander Michael-Paul and Mathew Williamson. Theodore Franklin Spears III and his family; Margaret (Peggy) Profette his wife and his daughter Serena Nicold. His two daughters; Loretta Reavis and her son Darryl Reavis and Anita Rainell Spears. Also many friends who will miss him dearly and friends who are waiting to see him again.

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