Theodore “Ted” James Kazy February 7, 1929 - February 2, 2019

Theodore “Ted” James Kazy

February 7, 1929 - February 2, 2019

Theodore “Ted” James Kazy died peacefully on February 2, 2019 in Tucson, Arizona at the age of 89. Ted is survived by daughter, Karen Sasse and husband, Norm; son Joel Kazy and wife, Melissa; granddaughter, Sarah and grandson, Matthew and his wife, Stephanie.

He is preceded in death by his wife, Marjorie (Anderson) Kazy; mother, Helen (Bielecki) Kazy and father, Joseph Kazy all of Tucson, Arizona.

Ted was born on February 7, 1929 in Providence, Kentucky, grew up in Youngstown, Ohio and moved to Tucson as a teenager. After graduating from Tucson Senior High School in 1946, Ted enlisted in the Navy where he served as an aviation electronics technician in San Diego, California where he met and married Marjorie. Honorably discharged, Ted attended the University of Arizona on the GI Bill and graduated 1952 with a BA in Journalism. While attending the University of Arizona, Ted was inducted into Pi Delta Epsilon National Honorary Journalism Fraternity and served as news editor of the Arizona Wildcat and editor of the Kitty Kat, the school’s humor magazine. After graduation, Ted worked as a journalist in Phoenix for a few years then was hired by Senator Barry Goldwater as a speech writer during the 1960 presidential campaign. Politics moved Ted to Washington DC, where he spent 20 years on Capitol Hill as the Senior Staff Supervisor for the U. S. Post Office and Civil Service Committee. Ted, an avid golfer, retired and moved back to Tucson in 1981, where he lived for 38 years. Ted will be buried with his wife, Marjorie, near her hometown of Queen City, Missouri.


Graveside services will be held on Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at the Germania Cemetery, southeast of Lancaster, Missouri with Larry Smith, Pastor of the Downing Christian Church in Downing, Missouri officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of the Norman Funeral Home of Lancaster, Missouri.