He was a 1966 graduate of Carlisle High School. Ted retired this past September from PPG Industries, Carlisle, after 37 years of service. He attended Prince Street United Brethren In Christ Church in Shippensburg. Ted was an avid fly fisherman and mentor. He was a board member of the Big Spring Watershed Assoc. and member of the Catskill Fly Fishing Assoc., Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, Falling Spring Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Ernest Schwiebart Chapter of Trout Unlimited and Ducks Unlimited.

He is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 38 years, Linda (Stover) Watson, one daughter, Erin M. (and her husband, Mark) Young of Carlisle, two granddaughters; Ava and Sydney Young, one brother, Fred Watson of Mt. Holly Springs, his twin sisters; Lois Good of Boiling Springs and Laura Myers of Mechanicsburg and several nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held on Monday, June 11, 2012, at 1 p.m. in the Ewing Brothers Funeral Home, 630 S. Hanover St., Carlisle, with Rev. James Bolich officiating. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. A visitation will be on Monday from 11 a.m. until time of the service at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests memorial contributions may be made to Big Spring Watershed Assoc., PO Box 52, Newville, PA 17241 or to Healing Waters, PO Box 695, LaPlata, MD 20646.