On July 6, 2017, Ted, 74, passed away peacefully at his home in Bowie, MD, after a brief battle with cancer. For 52 years he was the beloved husband of Mary Arleen Ankeney. He was the loving father of two daughters, Rachel Thorn (Robert) and Alison Boyer (Michael) and the loving grandfather of Nicholas and Ian Boyer—all in the Seattle area. Ted was born in Pittsburgh, PA, to Theodore Dick and Virginia Eileen Ankeney and was the oldest of five children. He is survived by his brothers Lynn in Poolesville, MD; Ronald and David overseas; and his sister Barbara Ankeney in Monroeville, PA.
He graduated from Franklin Area Joint High School in Murrysville, PA, in 1961. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business in 1965 at what is now Waynesburg University in Waynesburg, PA, where he became a brother of the Theta Chi Fraternity. He worked in the campus bookstore as part of a lifelong career in the book business, begun at fourteen working weekends in a book warehouse. Ted married Arleen, his high school sweetheart, during his senior year of college. They moved to Maryland where he worked as the Manager of the Textbook Department at the Maryland Book Exchange and eventually became the store’s Manager. Ted retired when, after a 70-year presence in College Park on U.S. Route 1, the store was demolished and replaced by high-rise student apartments.
In 1971, he received an Honorable Discharge as a Sergeant in Company C, 1st Battalion, and 115th Infantry, from the Army National Guard of Maryland and as a Reserve of the Army. He was an avid supporter of University of Maryland athletics and a Diamondback member of the Terrapin Club. In 2007, he was inducted into The Colonnade Society on campus. He was a business leader in the City of College Park and a member of the Downtown College Park Management Authority. He enjoyed competing in Maryland’s Senior Olympics and won many medals in shotput, discus, and javelin events. As a young father, he served as Director of the Green Acres Swim Team and was a member of the Woodlark Civic Association in Lanham, MD.
His family will receive friends at a memorial celebration of his life on Saturday, September 16, at two o’clock in the Chesapeake Room, Salon C, at the College Park Marriott Inn and Conference Center, 3501 University Blvd. East, Hyattsville, MD 20783.
Complimentary parking is available in the adjacent garage.
Arrangements under the direction of Robert E. Evans Funeral Home, Bowie, MD.
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