![]() ![]() Memorial contributions may be made to Tipton County Relay for Life, 5635 W. Friday at Tetersburg Cemetery with military honors. Thursday at Young-Nichols Funeral Home, with the Rev. He was preceded in death by three siblings. Jack is also survived by 10 grandchildren, Kurt Savage, Kelsey Lavigne, Janelle Plake, Jeff Teter, Jeremy Teter, Dominic Giese, Brittany Teter, David Teter, Curtis Teter and Lynn Teter, and 10 great-grandchildren. Survivors besides his wife, Sally, include four children, Peggy Eller and husband Mike, Lebanon, Martin Teter and wife Ivanelle, Tipton, Jerry Teter and wife Dawn, Sheridan, and Eric Teter and wife Christy, Bloomington one brother, Ron Teter and wife Carolyn, Tipton and one sister, Christina Grist and husband Ed, Monticello. Air Force for four years during the Korean War as a jet engine mechanic, which left him a disabled veteran. Jack had been a volunteer with the Jefferson Township Fire Department in Goldsmith. He was a graduate of Jefferson Township High School in 1951 in a class of 13 students. He was a big sports fan, especially of the Pacers and Colts and he liked to umpire Little League ball games. Jack was a "repurposer," using bits and pieces of cast-off wood and metal to make storage boxes for his fishing equipment and shop supplies. He remodeled and added on to his house and it became "the house that Jack built." He enjoyed woodworking, making bird houses, lawn ornaments and whirly gigs. Even during layoff times at Chrysler, Jack supported his family by pitching hay, digging graves and building fences. After retirement, he worked as a groundskeeper at Pioneer. Jack had worked at Chrysler Kokomo Transmission for over 32 years in the shipping department driving a forklift. 22, 1933, to Basil Omer and Edna Mabel (Adams) Teter. Monday, June 2, 2014, at Riverview Hospital in Noblesville. Jack Teter, 81, Goldsmith, died at 10:13 a.m. ![]()
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