Descendants of Charles Woolverton

Charles Theodore (Ted) Maedel Jr and Judith Lee Zoll

Husband Charles Theodore (Ted) Maedel Jr
           Born: 19 Oct 1925 - Denver, Denver County, CO
       Baptized: 
           Died: 18 Jul 2009 - Park City, Summit County, UT
         Buried: 2009 - donated to medical science
FamilySearch ID: KTC8-L91
Find A Grave ID: 41531583
         Father: Charles Theodore Maedel Sr {FSID: GM44-PT1}
         Mother: Rose H. Kerk {FSID: GM47-WD3}
       Marriage: 7 Feb 1986 - Clark County, NV
   Other Spouse: Ruth Estes {FSID: G4B8-MF4} - 14 Feb 1947 - Toledo, Lucas County, OH
Wife Judith Lee Zoll
            AKA: Judith Lee Ansted
           Born: 1940 - OH
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: GKJN-PW5
Children
General Notes: Husband - Charles Theodore (Ted) Maedel Jr

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BIRTH
19 Oct 1925
Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
DEATH
18 Jul 2009 (aged 83)
BURIAL
Donated to Medical Science
MEMORIAL ID
41531583

Charles "Ted" Maedel Jr. died of natural causes on July 18th 2009.

He was born in Denver, Colorado to Charles T. Maedel and Rose Kerk Maedel on the 19th of October 1925. Later his family moved east and settled in Toledo, Ohio.

He served in the Army Air Corps in World War II as a gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress, with sorties in England and Italy.

Ted was self-employed most of his life as the owner of Maedel's Sales and Service in Toledo, Ohio from 1945 until 1977. In 1978 he re-established his automotive body shop business in Park City, Utah. Ted retired in 1995.

Ted loved alpine skiing, especially Apex Ridge at The Canyons in Park City, and racing his sailboats and cars. He also enjoyed listening to the music of Willie Nelson.

He is survived by his wife, Judith Maedel; his sisters, Marjorie Christy and Carolyn Igualli (Donald); his children, James T. Maedel (Debbie), Judy Troup, Jill Meyers (Rick), Jody Long (Robert), Jon Ansted (Becky), Jamie Mitchell (Dean), Joel Maedel, Jill Ansted (Brian Peters), Julie Scott (Jim); 20 grandchildren, 10 great-grand-children and two dogs, Gypsy and Heidi, who loved him dearly.

Ted donated his body to the University of Utah School of Medicine with hopes of furthering education and research in understanding the human body. As such, there will not be a viewing and his family will have a celebration of his life at a later date.

Published in Toledo Blade on July 26, 2009

Maintained by: Find a Grave
Originally Created by: Avril Mason Mussehl
Added: 3 Sep 2009
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 41531583
memorial page for Charles Theodore “Ted” Maedel Jr. (19 Oct 1925–18 Jul 2009), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41531583; Donated to Medical Science; Maintained by: Find a Grave.

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KTC8-L91
"Birth
19 Oct 1925
Denver, Colorado, United States
Death
18 July 2009
Park City, Summit, Utah, United States
Burial
2009"

https://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/records/charles-theodore-maedel-24-xwbmvx
"Birth
19 Oct 1925 - Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
Death
18 july 2009 - Park City, Summit, Utah, USA
Mother
Rose H Kirk
Father
Theodore Charles Maedel
Born in Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA on 19 Oct 1925 to Theodore Charles Maedel and Rose H Kirk. Charles Theodore Maedel passed away on 18 july 2009 in Park City, Summit, Utah, USA."

http://dfwelitetoymuseum.com/ted-maedel-early-speed-pioneer/
"Ted Maedel, early speed pioneer
Written by webmin

Ted Maedel

On the topic of early speed shops, we’ve already taken a look at the pre-war storefronts of Orr, Chapel, and Bell, but in a recent post on the Hemmings Forum, Barton Williamson pointed out another who should be considered in their ranks, Charles T. “Ted” Maedel, Jr., who in 1941 opened his first speed shop outside of Toledo, Ohio. Barton wrote of the World War II veteran who died in July 2009:

Born in 1925, Charles T. “Ted” Maedel grew up on a small farm near Toledo, Ohio. Living in the heart of America’s automotive industry, young Ted developed a love for cars, especially racecars. At the age of 16, with his father’s help, he converted a small building on the family property into a fabrication and speed shop. It was right on the highway leading into Toledo, and by 1943 Ted had built a racecar and was becoming known in the area for ‘hard-to-get’ performance parts, hands-on fabrication skills, and racing ability. His shop was ready to open for business but Ted was finally eligible to enlist, so he did. The war (WWII) was on and America needed its soldiers.

He was shipped out to Thorpe Abbotts, England as a Waist Gunner on a B-17 Bomber, a member of the 100th bomb group “The Bloody Hundredth”, 351st squadron. Then to Sterparone, Italy with the 483rd bomb group, 816th squadron, just 200 miles south of where Enzo Ferrari was building his first racecars. Companies like Packard, Lycoming, and Wright were building engines for warplanes based on the same supercharger technology being used in auto racing, and Ted’s knowledge proved useful. He could tell the pilot and navigator about their altitude, cloud density, and other information just from the sound of the engines, and helped the mechanics get the most out of them so they’d have ‘just a little bit more’ when the going got tough. Their squadron was known for having had many missions where planes made it back full of thousands of bullet holes, and still flying. After over 40 missions Ted returned home at the end of the war with several medals and citations, and having been wounded in action more than once, the Purple Heart.

Once home, he removed a few cobwebs from his shop and opened for business in May 1945. By the end of 1946 Ted’s shop had cataloged about every performance part available in the US and he stocked only the best of them. Some friends who happened to be management at DeVilbiss convinced him to relocate his shop to the storefront they owned, across the street from their plant entrance in the heart of Toledo. Maedel’s Sales and Service opened at its new location on Jan 1st 1947 and was officially licensed by the city that same year. The original Speed Shop sign at the end of the driveway of his first shop was mounted on the roof of his Toledo shop, shown in the picture below.

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Recognition for his skills as a master craftsman soon followed and his reputation grew. In 1951 Auto Trend Magazine featured Ted and his 1940 chopped and channeled Ford convertible in their very first Trend Book (#101), and his 40 Ford was used as the model for the cover illustration.

Ted also loved to restore the old ones and was known for authentic restoration, something speed shops didn’t usually offer. In 1977, with over 3 decades of success in Toledo and influenced by a ski trip to Utah in 1969, he moved the business to a beautiful mountain setting near Park City, Utah where he could ski in his own back yard … almost.

He continued to grow his business, offering speed equipment, mods, restoration, and selected high-end collision repair.

Barton included more in his post, including his reminiscences of working for Ted and some of Ted’s innovations that are standard practice in the rodding and restoration world today.

As for the shop in Toledo, Barton gave us an address of 3520 Lagrange Street. Combined with another vintage photo of the store at the Toledo library’s website, we see that the building still stands, though with a much altered storefront."
General Notes: Wife - Judith Lee Zoll

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https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GKJN-PW5
"Birth
1940
Ohio
Death - deceased"
Notes: Marriage

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