Teodoro C. Garcia (Ted)

1940 - 2026

Ted Garcia was born on December 27^th, 1940, in Brownsville, TX to Antonio and Maria Garcia. Ted passed away on July 7^th, 2026, at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City, OK.

Ted grew up working hard and fishing. As a young man, he traveled to Chicago where his sister lived and worked in a factory welding railroad car. He moved to Thomas, OK in 1970 to work with his uncle, where he met Yvonne Parker. Ted joined the U.S. Army in 1972 where he served proudly earning many marksmanship medals and the Presidential Unit Citation. Ted married Yvonne on April 14, 1974, in Fayetteville, AR before he was deployed to Germany where Yvonne joined him a short time later. Their oldest son was born there on August 21, 1975, before the three of them moved to Watonga, OK later that year. Ted worked as a welder and in 1978 his youngest son was born. Later, Ted went to work for the City of Watonga – Street Department where he retired from in 2003. He continued to work for people in town doing landscaping work and taught Spanish at the Chisholm Trail Technology Center.

Ted enjoyed working hard, fishing, and enjoying all his grand kids. He and Yvonne were married for 52 years, and he was very proud of that. He was also very patriotic and enjoyed coin collecting. Ted was preceded in death by his parents, Antonio and Maria Garcia, his sister Guadalupe and her husband Sotero Lopez, his brothers Lupe Garcia and Valente Garcia, his father- and mother-in-law, Oather and Essie Parker, sisters-in-law Loretta Rachwal and Arlene Higgins, brothers-in-law Fred Higgins, Lacy Parker, and Wade Anthony (Bubby) Parker.

Ted is survived by his wife, Yvonne Garcia, his sons Carlos Garcia (Melissa) and Rick Garcia (Kristi), his grandkids Ted Garcia (Elaina), Austin Magers (Brooklyn), McKenna Barwick, Brittany Karns (Jace), Devin Garcia, Emma Garcia, Aidyn Garcia, Nicky Grubbs, and Ricky Garcia; his great-grand kids Adalynn, Kinlee, Edyn, Nolan, Alaiyah, Colter, Cord, Kylen, and another on the way.

Graveside services for Ted will be held Friday, July 17^th, 2026, at 10:00 A.M. at East Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Watonga, Oklahoma, with pastor Lanny Jobe officiating and Wilkinson Mortuary of Watonga handling the arrangements.