Ted Alan Cohen, 23, passed away unexpectedly following an automobile accident in Milwaukee on Friday, March 23, 2007. Ted was born in Racine on Mother’s Day, May 8, 1983, the son of Lee and Nancy (nee: Stempe) Cohen. Ted received his Prepatory Plumbing Degree from MATC on May 21, 2002. He then worked for Feiner Plumbing Company for one and a half years. Lately, he had been employed by Mainstream Records. Ted enjoyed his music and his Apple computer. He used both to make c.d.s and often performed as a D.J. with his music. He loved sailing and often crewed on Lake Michigan. Ted competed in the Dragon Boat Races. His pride and joy was his Volkswagen, which he customized and showed. Surviving are his mother, Nancy Cohen and his sister Kristen Cohen whom he dearly loved; his aunts and uncles, Mary (James) Dengel of West Bend, Susan (Don) Tempesta, and Jon Stempe all of Racine, Jane (Cliff) Grevstad of Burnsville, MN, and Lynne Cohen and her husband Andrew Lugg of Montreal, Canada, and his very special friend Megan Clausen of Racine. Ted is further survived by his cousins, other relatives and a host of friends. Ted was preceded in death by his father Lee Cohen, and his grandparents Grace and Stanley Stempe and Lester and Sophie Cohen. A Memorial Service honoring Ted’s life will be celebrated in the funeral home on Tuesday, March 27th, at 7:00 p.m., with Rev. Mark R. Jones officiating. Relatives and friends can meet with the family from 6:00 p.m. until the time of the Service. In lieu of flowers memorials can be directed to the family who will establish an appropriate memorial at a later date.
Christopher T Lewis says
you are the only brother i ever had! i love you! forever brother. may ja bless you! forever! a men
sylviane lewis says
we will always love you baby boy . i’ll miss you sooooooooooooooooooooo much .I LOVE YOU. REST IN PEACE .YOUR GIRL 4 LIFE SYLVIA
Lori Schroeder says
I am so sorry for you loss. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.
John young and shawnya lamb says
Ted was always someone to make you laugh. he was really into his dj thing and was good at it he always got jobs doing it. we’re sorry that he had left all of us so soon.
skyler j schaut says
Teddy, you will never be forgotten. You were and will always be my brother and best friend. Sky
Brandon says
Booyockasha Tedward. I love you and will miss you everyday. RIP
Anngee says
We may not have known eachother all that well but I will miss our interesting talks about you and Brandon. Your physical self may be gone but your spirit will always be here and you will be missed. Knowing you was Pr-t Pr-t Pr-t good!!!
Lynne Cohen + Andrew Lugg says
We didn�۪t get to see Ted very often because we live so far way. But we especially remember a couple of our visits. When Ted was very young we brought him a children�۪s version of Chaucer�۪s Canterbury Tales. We�۪ll never forget Ted�۪s infectious laughter after reading an episode. We also remember seeing him several years ago in Chicago (Nancy, Lee, Kris and Ted often met us for lunch in Chicago when we were visiting aunts and uncles). Ted and Lee bantered jokes back and forth and it was great to see things from their amusing angle. We also saw Ted some two years ago under such sad conditions when Lee was struggling for his life and a short time later at Lee�۪s funeral. Since then we only managed to travel to Chicago once. That was two weeks ago and it was lucky for us that Nancy and Ted were able to meet us for lunch with his father’s aunt and uncles. It is hard to believe Ted is no longer here, that his short life has been taken away so unexpectedly. It makes us very sad.
Lynne Cohen and Andrew Lugg
Josh Skala says
Man, going out to chit chat for a few minutes outside Mainstream made working downtown a lot less painfull many a times. God Bless ~ Josh
anthony fisher says
I will miss that big happy smile. I’m playin’ one of the cd’s you made for me in my truck right now.God bless you little brother.
Jake says
I didnt know tedward very long, hung out with him on probably more than several occassions thru VW’s and it still hits hard. I couldnt believe it when I heard about this and it seems still hard to believe now. Its very sad to see a good person die that young. May God be with his family friends who miss him very dearly. RIP bro man. <3
Anthony Janssen says
Man Teddy, I didn’t know you the greatest but you were a great dude, always had a beer in your hand at straight dubbin’ and always smiling RIP My prayers are with you and your family.
matt kane says
Teddy & I met at WCTC 2 years ago as apprentices in the plumbing program. Being the two loners in the class, (not because we were uncool, we just didn’t care enough to talk to the farmboys and a**holes), we naturally hit it off. School suddenly wasn’t that bad. Sharing our lunch hour and goofin’ off at nite school, we got to know each other very well, very quick. After a year, Tedd lost his position at work which forced him out of the plbg. program. I was bummed! He told me later on that he always felt that he let me down. I always told him not to sweat it, bigger & better things waiting for him. Our way of compensating for that was hangin’ out with him as much as I could, and still maintain my family life. (It wasn’t easy!)
We had many things in common. Music, Lulu’s Cafe, VWs, and more music.
Teddy was wise beyond his years, had numerous talents, and a way about him that could make anyone he had just met, feel like they’ve known him for years.
Teddy, I’ll always cherish that last night we “kicked it”, and how you used to put up with my “poor me” bulls**t. I miss you so much, yo! I’ll never forget you, my brother!
My deepest sympathies to his family.
BOOYAKASHA! Matt
Pam, Jay & Katie Dengel says
Nancy & Kris~Our hearts break for your loss. We are so sorry we cannot be there to show our respects for Ted. Know that we are thinking of you both often and that you are in our thoughts and prayers. Love: Pam, Jay & Katie
Sue Brown says
Dear Nancy and Chris,
I am so sorry about Ted. My mom always tells me wonderful stories about her visits with you. It doesn’t seem fair for this to have happened. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
With love,
Sue
Ken Kehl says
Like the cheshire cat’s, Ted’s grin will always be with me. We know he was grinning about things we did not know or see, didn’t we. But, he shared often.
Remember that of him and count yourself special.
AMY D & PAM LENOCH says
Nancy you and your family are in our thoughts and prayers. RIP TED