Theodore Harold Feller, Ted (81) passed away on December 11, 2022, at Mercy Hospital, Creve Couer, Missouri.
Ted was a resident of 15201 Olive Blvd, Chesterfield, MO 63017 since 2018.

Ted was born in DePaul Hospital, located on North Kingshighway, St. Louis, Missouri at the time. Ted was the son of Lillian Margaret Feller (Prior) and Harold Henry Feller, M.D..

Ted was preceded in death by his nephew Lewis Nelson Feller, and by his nieces, Laura Jane Feller and Abigail Jo McNear (Feller).

Ted is survived by his sisters Katherine Lillian Schamburg (Russell) and Marjorie Jane Kirshen (Carl). He is survived by his brother Miles Waldemar Feller (Josephine Ellen). Surviving Nieces are Katherine Marjorie Dellas (Jeremiah), Sarah Jane Kirshen, and Heidi Jane Wheeler (Peter). Great nephews are Spencer Elliot Dellas, Tyler Andreas Dellas, Walker Herbert George Dellas, Nolan Maxwell McNear and Pierson Wolfgang Wheeler. His Great niece is Penelope Jane Wheeler.

He was a graduate of St. Louis University, with a Bachelor of Science Degree and a Master’s Degree in Inorganic Chemistry. One of Ted’s pet projects was time released capsules. He was employed at Fleming and Co., Pharmaceuticals. Ted travelled extensively with Tom Fleming to any medical/pharmaceutical meetings. The purpose of those meetings was to talk to doctors about the products manufactured by Fleming and Co.

Ted was most recently employed at Shapiro Supply, St. Louis. Shapiro Supply was featured on the television show “American Pickers.” In that show, Ted spoke about a couple of items of interest he had bought for Shapiro Supply.

Ted was a lifelong member of Salem Methodist Church. Ted was very civic minded about St. Louis institutions such as the Missouri Botanical Garden, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, and the St. Louis Art Museum. He enjoyed many hobbies including photography, model trains, gardening, cooking, target practice, boats, fire trucks, reading, bible study, and making and fixing things with his extensive tool collection. Ted was always ready to help his nieces and nephew with science projects, tutoring them in the how and why of the task.

As a young person he played the cello. More recently, he became interested in percussion instruments, particularly drums. He was passionate about classical instrumental music- he owned the entire works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, which included at least 200 CDs!

Although Ted had no children of his own, he was a real family man. Nothing pleased him more than engaging the family and their friends in his hobbies. Some years ago he had a boat which he took to the Missouri River. Many an afternoon and evening were spent by family and friends, cooking on the bank and enjoying time together. Another of his interests was owning a firetruck. Once he, along with the Schamburg family, picked up the Kirshen family at the airport in his firetruck. That caused much interest at the airport. He loved to drive the firetruck to a filling station and ask the attendant to “fill ‘er up” with water! When Rock Band was popular, Ted organized elaborate Rock Band parties. He would prepare dinner which included cookies shaped like guitars. Again, family and friends gathered at his house for competitions at the Rock Band games. He had prizes for the winning teams and a trophy for that team.

Ted had a long history of loving sweets. As a boy, he convinced his mother frequently that she needed to make a cake for him. He would give her directions as to the type of cake and the kind of icing he wanted. After she made it, he would critique her on what needed to be tweaked with the cake the next time she made it. Another of Ted’s favorites was nutball cookies at Christmas. The cookies were made at Christmas of 2022, but Ted was missing. We will all think of Ted every year when we have those nutball cookies.