Look how many posts this thread has and currently almost 6,000 views. Ted's hobby impact was huge. He will be missed.
Being a hobby historian myself is what led me to connect with guys like Ted. With him being more than twice my age, I was really interested in his work on the hobby which he started before I was even born. Of course, our big age gap made it a bit difficult to connect well, but that's understandable. A few times he would misinterpret my questions as criticism and cut me off for a while
, but his passion for the hobby was too great and we'd always hit it off again.
In honoring Ted, I think that all the work he has done over the decades needs to be made into a book. This would include all the articles he published in hobby magazines, personal journals and even his online posts (like Net54). This is obviously something that would take a crazy amount of work, but with the family's help, I am pretty sure it can be done. And finally, Ted always loved to use his collection in order to educate others. All his cards and variations should be scanned and integrated into this book. That would be just awesome!