SHELTZ, Theodore Theodore "Ted" Sheltz, 88, longtime resident of Wethersfield, CT passed away May 23, 2010 at the McGraw Center/Community Hospice in Jacksonville, FL after a brief illness. He had recently relocated to Ponte Vedra Beach from Wethersfield where he had lived for 59 years, in the home he himself designed and built in 1951. Theodore P Sheltz was born in Bydgoszcz, Poland the son of the late Jozef Szelc and Marianna Jadwiga Juda. He was the youngest of eight children. Ted served in the US Army Air Corps as a pilot during World War II. Awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, EAME Ribbon with 4 Stars, received a Commendation for Valor from General John Cannon. He retired from Pratt & Whitney Aircraft in East Hartford, CT after 36 years as a design analyst. He enjoyed woodworking, hunting and fishing, and even tried his hand at oil painting. In his later years he enjoyed woodcarving and was a member of the Nutmeg Woodcarvers. Some of his work was featured in the Wethersfield Post newspaper. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Marjorie (Marge Sullivan) Sheltz and their three children, Harriet Rybicki and her husband Robert of Cheshire CT, Richard Sheltz and his wife Karen of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, and Thomas Sheltz and his wife Irene of Mooresville NC. He was predeceased by one child, James Sheltz, in 1979. He leaves seven grandchildren, Kim Olsson and her husband Ronald of Davidson NC, Michele Bellina and her husband Andrew of Cheshire CT, David Cappucci and his wife Shelly of Wakefield RI, Matthew Sheltz and his wife April of St. Augustine FL, Andrew Sheltz and his wife Maria of Lindenhurst, NY, Eric Sheltz of Del Rey Beach FL, and Adam Sheltz of Durham NC. He also leaves five great-grandchildren, Samantha and Drew Bellina of Cheshire CT, Ashley and Zach Olsson of Davidson NC, and Isabella Cappucci of Wakefield, RI. Family and friends may call on, Friday, June 11 at 5-7 p.m. At Dillon Baxter Funeral Home, 1276 Berlin Turnpike, Wethersfield. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at the Church of The Incarnation, 544 Prospect Road, Wethersfield on Saturday, June 12 at 10 a.m. Friends are asked to go directly to the church. Burial, with full military honors, will follow in Village Cemetery, Wethersfield. Contributions in his memory may be made to Incarnation Church or Wethersfield Ambulance Association. To share a memory with the family, please visit www.dillonbaxter.com