Theodore St. Pierre

Theodore St. Pierre, (Ted) was born to Joseph St. Pierre and Marjorie Estabrook St. Pierre on March 5, 1947. Both his parents served during WWII, his father in the Navy and his mother in the Army. He lived in Brooklyn and Queens New York while growing up.

Ted had a very full life. When only 15 he and some friends formed the Echoes, and played around the New York area. They had two big hits, Baby Blue and Boomerang. The group broke up at the start of the Vietnam war when two were drafted. Ted joined the Navy and was assigned to the Belmont, a surveillance ship monitoring messages off the coast of Vietnam. He volunteered to go ashore with a group of Marines since he was a radioman and they had lost their last one. In a surprise attack Ted was shot in the spine and was carried out by the marines and airlifted to the nearest military hospital. He was paralyzed from the waist down. Experimental microsurgery and a lot of therapy got him walking again. He was discharged from the Navy because of his disability and became a copier repairman.

A few years later his car was hit by a speeding impaired driver and was flipped off an overpass onto the road below. He broke his shoulders and ribs but was put back together and he kept on going. He was living in New Jersey at this time and met his wife Gail Klemm. They married at the stroke of midnight on January 1, 2000. That was so he had no excuse to forget the date. This New Year would be their 25th anniversary. Not quite two years later on 9/11 he was scheduled to repair a copier on the 28th floor of the first Twin Tower. He was out that day because his legs were bothering him as a result of his war injury, and he felt he could not walk Manhattan that day. Nothing could bring this man down.

He ultimately retired and he and his wife moved to Flagler County, Florida where the weather suited his wounds.

Ted was a dedicated and devoted Republican and a member of the Republican Executive Committee of Flagler County. He was descended from nine patriots who fought to create this country in the Revolutionary War and was a proud member of the Sons of the American Revolution and served as their president for two terms. He was also a member of the DAV, the AMVETS and the VFW.

Ted passed away on December 7, 2024 after a fall. He will be missed by his wife, Gail, his stepson Brett Pawlak (Rachel) of New Jersey, and step son-in-law Douglas White (Ariel) of Broward County, three grandchildren and two beloved black labs, Sandy and Skye.

Ted will have a ceremony with full military honors at the Jacksonville National Cemetery and will have a place in the wall as was his wish. The date is to be determined. After the holidays a celebration of his life will be held.