Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Porwoll, Ted Frank  October 21 2004
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Ted Frank Porwoll
May 2, 1924- Oct. 21, 2004

A private family gathering is planned in Los Angeles for Ted Frank Porwoll, 
our beloved father and Grandfather, who passed away October 21, 2004. 

Ted was born May 2, 1924 in Aberdeen, South Dakota to Theodore and Susan 
Porwoll. Upon his fathers death in 1927, he and his mother moved to Los 
Angeles where he attended military School. Ted served his country in WWII in 
the Asiatic Pacific Theatre. After he was discharged from the military in 
1944, he worked for Bekins Moving and Storage until his retirement 32 years 
later. He and his wife, Norma, raised their three children in North Hollywood 
before moving to Lake Tahoe in 1969. Although they moved to Bakersfield in 
1984, they continued spending their summers at the lake where Ted loved to 
fish, hunt and simply enjoy the beautiful outdoors. Two weeks ago, Ted 
returned to Lake Tahoe to mackinaw fish with his son, Ted, Jr. and grandsons. 
No one realized that it would be his last visit to his beloved lake.

Ted will be forever remembered for his quick wit and humor. We will miss 
hearing his tales about serving in the Pacific Islands, fishing, raising his 
family, playing baseball Saturday mornings in the corner dirt field with his 
children, and going to the ocean early Sunday mornings to teach his children 
to surf. His family meant the world to him.

In February, Teds wife, Norma, passed away. They had been married 50 years. He 
is also preceded in death by his son, David, and grandsons, Ron and Jon 
Monogeau. He is survived by his daughter, Derba Welch, and husband Bill; son 
Ted Porwoll, Jr. and wife Debbie; 9 grandchildren-Don, Tom, Jeff, Ted, III, 
Alyson, Mitchell and Amy, Kendra and Grady; and his dachshund, Buddy.

Ted will be deeply missed, but we now envision him fishing on the banks of the 
River of life with Norma at his side. Hes not gone forever; hes gone fishing.

Greenlawn Mortuary Funeral Directors 


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