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Meet Your Neighbor: Ted Wardell

By Mort Mazor On December 24, He and Jean raised two daughters which has grown to five
1941 he married Jean, a grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Ted will be 101 years old on October 13, 2019. He young lady he met earlier From January 10, 1967 until December 1969 Ted was
confessed he has never stayed in one place more than 7 that year. In July 1942 president of a toy company, based in Tokyo, Japan. July 1,
years during a long and active lifetime as a world citizen he was transferred to the 1970 he joined National Silver, a manufacturer of flatware
who has made fifteen around the world business trips Brooklyn Navy Base, serving utensils and giftware which lasted five years.
during his widely diversified career. He has bounced boarded a troop ship to In 1975, he and Jean relocated to New Orleans where
back from adversity at every different business he was Scotland with 6,000 other he took a position as Managing Director of another flatware
associated with. soldiers, assigned to Two company. His time was divided between the states and Tokyo,
Born in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, the Corps headquarters then South Korea and India where he supervised production at
borough’s equivalent of Manhattan’s lower East Side moved to England with factories, moved shipments of finished goods on time to major
in 1918 to immigrant parents from Kiev, Russia, Ted the 202nd MP Company, customers like Sears Roebuck and utilized his experience
attended elementary school and then DeWitt Clinton H.S. and appointed Supply with foreign banks to great advantage for each company he
In October 1940 at age 22 he registered for the draft. Sergeant. worked for.
July ’41 he began active service in the U.S. Army Field On November 8, 1942 he landed on the coast of At age 67 in 1982 he retired—for a short while. Later that
Artillery, beginning a career that trained him to be a 155 Algeria, beginning combat duty that stretched to February year he served as a consultant and senior trader in a newly
mm howitzer cannon operator, and as a Military Policeman 25, 1945, ten miles south of Bologna, Italy. He was formed division of Sears Roebuck named Sears World Trade.
in the First Infantry Division based at Jacksonville, FL. honorably discharged in the States May 8, 1945. After three years the corporation dissolved this entity.
Ted and his wife lived in Ft. Lauderdale as snowbirds from
1989, and then moved to Boynton Beach in 2001.
Board Of Directors On January 10, 2011, his dear wife Jean passed at age 90.
Ted relocated to Stratford Court June 6, 2018. He enjoys
April 2019 – April 2020 Officers/Executive Committee watching Turner Classic Movies. His favorite is John Wayne
and Maureen O’Hara in “The Quiet Man.”
He admires people who are truthful and not prone to
Chairman and President Barry J. Haberman District 5 Dan Gabrielle (La Corniche) gossip.
Vice Chair Steve Retzer Esplanada, Caravelle, Palomar, La Corniche,
Vice President Gail Ehrlich and El Dorado All dates in this article were recalled by world citizen Ted
2nd Vice President Jim Collins District 6 Marvin Lazarowitz (Villa Stel) Wardell with little hesitation. He is blessed with a sharp mind.
Secretary Steve King Villa Flora, Montego Bay, Villa Stel, and Palladium Every morning at breakfast in the Stratford Court dining
Treasurer Harvey Kaplan District 7 Joyce Britt (Villa Sonrisa) room he delights in swapping business and family stories
The Plum/Cortina and Villa Sonrisa with newfound friends.
District Directors District 8 Len Kagan (Costa del Sol)
District 1 Alvaro Fernandez Caballero (Encantada) Costa del Sol and Costa Brava Mort Mazor and his wife Lucille were West Delray
Encantada, Valencia and The Palms District 9 Robin Gliboff (Edgewater) residents for 27 years prior to relocating to Stratford Court,
District 2 Steve King (Imperial Royale) Edgewater Pointe Estates and Stratford Court Boca Raton, Oct. 7, 2014. They celebrated their 74th wedding
Promenade, Imperial Royale, Imperial, Regency anniversary March 20, 2019.
and Panaché At Large Directors At Large Directors Since 2008 he has written over 500 articles for the weekly
District 3 Steve Retzer (La Mirada) Through 2020 Through 2021
La Mirada and Meridiana Carsten Bethge (Valencia) Howard Davis (La Corniche) sections of the Sun-Sentinel. Current topics cover senior’s
District 4 Bob Greenstein (La Paz) Dan Gabrielle (La Corniche) Gail Ehrlich (Villa Flora) outstanding achievements, wellness, and finance.
El Viento, La Paz, and Southwinds Harvey Kaplan (Meridiana) Barry J. Haberman (Encantada) He retired in 2018 from teaching a weekly course in
Creative Writing began in 2002. 

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