Theodore William Sedlak
July 24, 1952 — November 19, 2025
St. Louis, MO—Theodore “Ted” William Sedlak—beloved husband, father, “papa”, brother, uncle, and friend. Ted passed away on November 19 surrounded by family.
He is survived by his loving wife of 50 years, Beverly (nee Furrer); his children Scott (Emily), Ryan (Sara), Rob (Danielle), Tim (Kelly), Kristian (Jason), and Kaitlin; and 13 grandchildren—Olivia, Bella, Colin, Brady, William, Thomas, Raleigh, Charlotte, Claire, Annie, Teddy, Auggie, Harrison.
Born to Theodore and Mary Grace Sedlak, Ted was one of seven children; Patricia (John) Laub, Kathy (Ken) Reinhart, Barbara (Bill) Onder, Marybeth (John) Fisher, Glenn (Lynn) Sedlak and Therese (Dennis) Fenske. He is also survived by his sister-in-law and brother-in-law Mary and Ed Auer. Ted was the uncle of 28 nieces and nephews and friend of many. He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister, Patricia and a nephew, Patrick.
Ted proudly served his country as a veteran of the U.S. Army. Ted will be remembered for his deep love of family, his strong Catholic faith and his sense of humor, especially when surrounded by those he loved most.
The family will host a visitation from 9:30-11am on Monday, November 24, 2025 at St Simon the Apostle Church with a funeral mass immediately following at 11:00am. St Simon the Apostle is located at 11011 Mueller Road, St. Louis, MO 63123. Burial will be private at Jefferson Barracks.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Ted’s memory to St. Anthony of Padua Food Pantry or Camp Rainbow. Ted was a volunteer at the food pantry for many years and found great fulfillment in helping others.
Prayers to all in the Sedlak Family, especially to his wife and siblings. Emerging into your wonderful life from the home that raised you doesn’t mean letting go. Those ties are so unbreakably strong.! These same memories will keep his spirit with you, though the ache will be fierce for a long time.
Praying that God welcomes him into eternal life.
May God Bless the Sedlak Family.
This breaks my heart. Hugs to all.
The Sebben family wants to convey our deepest sympathy to Bev and the entire Sedlak family.
Ted has been my good friend since 1967. He and Bev were Patti and my wonderful next door neighbors for 42 years.
Ted was a good, caring, and hardworking man who loved his family especially his wife, Bev, his friends, and his Catholic faith.
May God grant Ted eternal rest and let His perpetual light shine upon him. May Ted rest in eternal peace.
To paraphrase St. Paul from his Second Letter to Timothy: “The time for Ted to depart has come. Ted fought the good fight, he finished the race, Ted kept the faith.”
Goodbye my good friend. I will miss, but I will always remember you.
Bev and Sedlak family, so sorry to hear of Ted’s passing. You are in our thoughts and prayers at this incredibly sad time. May God bless you all, and may your memories of Ted bring you comfort.
Sending my deepest sympathies to Bev & the Sedlak family, his hard work & dedication on earth has ended & leaving many good memories 🫶 but God has plenty more for him to do in heaven. May the good Lord welcome him with open arms 🤗
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Scott, We are sorry for the death of your father. He certainly raised a wonderful young man. A young man who is a caring son, a loving husband, and special dad. Our love to you and Emily.
Chris and Denny Wilkes
Ted was the anchor of our kitchen crew at St. Anthony’s Food Pantry. His energy and savvy kept the line moving and his infectious humor was a key to our enjoyment of the experience.. He has been and will continue to be missed by all at the Pantry.
Deepest sympathy to Bev and all the Sedlak family on the loss of dear Papa Ted. You raised a beautiful family. You will be missed by so many and your kind and thoughtful acts of kindness, will be remembered.
This is so sad to hear. I served with Ted aka Wimpy in the 554th MO Co in Germany. Visited him in St Louis and again at a 554th reunion in Las Vegas. What a great guy and we had a lot of laughs in Germany. I spoke to him about a year ago ir so and he told me he was battling an illness. He was very proud of his family and well he should be. He will be sorely missed.
With sincere condolences to the Sedlak family. We served together in the U. S. Army, 554th M.P.Co., FRG.. We will pray for his soul and peace and comfort of his family.
Our family was sorry to hear of Ted’s passing. We were in St. Simon’s parish for about 17 years. Our son was in school with Robbie.
Praying for all of you and may Ted rest in peace.
Sincerely Francis, Benita, Anna (our daughter) Hutchinson and Joe (our son) Sohm
Prayers and sympathy to the friends and family from the 554th Military Police Company. Those that served with Ted in Stuttgart have only good memories of “Wimpy” (everyone had a nickname). He was a stand up guy and liked by all.
I was fortunate to work with Ted for 25 years. Ted was always upbeat, positive, self-motivated and a pro! He was a “guys guy” always ready with a good laugh, a cold beer and a good cigar. Ted was an example to me for family, number one in his life. Goodbye dear friend…