Burial Date April 26, 2014
Obituaries » THERON O. BLOW
BLOW, THERON “TED” O. – A memorial Mass will be held on April 26 at 10am at St. Matthew Catholic Church in Tolland, Conn. for Mr. Blow, 94, of Tolland, husband of Barbara Mack Blow. She preceded him in death in 2006, after 64 years of marriage. He died on April 5, 2014. Monsignor James P. Carini will officiate. Born in Barre, Vt., Aug. 6, 1919, Ted was the son of Watson T. Blow and Cora Jones Blow. He attended Barre schools, where he graduated from Spaulding High School in 1939, and was in the Vermont National Guard for six years. He moved to Connecticut in 1939 and resided in Manchester and Tolland for the rest of his life. He was active for many years in Tolland as a member of the Board of Tax Review, and scoutmaster of Tolland Scout Troop 15 for eight years. Throughout his life Ted was a handyman to many (a self-avowed fixer of “anything up to and including broken hearts”), and a relentless raconteur of folk wisdom. A bred-in-the-bone Vermonter, and fan of non-sequitur bits of wisdom, Ted often reminded people “You’ll never get drowned on Lake Champlain, if you keep one foot on shore.” He made people smile with an endless supply of stories, jokes and unsolicited advice. In February 1942 Ted enlisted in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Alabama, South Carolina and New Jersey before being shipped overseas to complete four years of service in the European theater. He served in the Signal Corps and the 2nd Armored Division. He was with the contingent that occupied a liberated Berlin, Germany. He was employed by Southern New England Telephone company for 36 years as a splicer and ended his tenure there as a subway inspector, and was a life member of the Telephone Pioneers of America. He retired in 1977. He is survived by his children: Paul Blow (wife Carol), of Ashford, Conn., and Beverly Mack (husband Robert Henry), of Lawrence, Kan.; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and two brothers: Richard Blow (South Carolina) and Edwin Blow (Florida). His sister Dorothy and brothers Robert, William, Garth, Stanley, Chester and Harry preceded him in death.
