Tedford Eugene Fike ’51

Ted was born April 20, 1926, in Confluence Pa., served two and a half years in the Navy Air Corps during World War II, and came to us from Mercersburg Academy.

Ted transferred from Princeton to Franklin and Marshall College and earned a bachelor’s in sociology there in 1951. He married Elaine Just in 1949 and the couple settled down in Uniontown, Pa., to raise their family. For his entire business career, Ted was an independent general-insurance agent doing business as the Fike Insurance Agency of Uniontown.

Over the years, Ted was an elder and trustee of Trinity United Presbyterian Church, a president and lieutenant governor of Kiwanis, a member of the Syria Shrine and the Jaycees, a committeeman for the Republican Party, and president of the Fayette County Easter Seals organization. He was a 60-year member of Laurel Lodge No. 651, F. & A.M.

Ted died April 10, 2007. He is survived by Elaine; their children, Russell, Susan Ritz, Claudia Billings, and Mark; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; his brother, Robert; his sister, Nancy Muma; and his cousin, Eugene E. Fike II ’61. We join them in remembering Ted, an outstanding family man and community leader.